Thinking about anti-scalding protection on Children’s Day

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Austria and Germany celebrate Children’s Day on 20 September every year. With this year’s theme, ‘Together for children’s rights’, event organisers UNICEF Germany and the German Children’s Fund are calling on policymakers at all levels of government and civil actors alike to afford children’s rights greater recognition and protection. Health and safety are two key topics that relate directly to the theme chosen for this year’s Children’s Day, and promoting anti-scalding protection in community facilities like nursery schools or sports centres also makes them healthier and safer. SCHELL offers many products that can provide better local anti-scalding protection – just as promised by our slogan ‘Responsibility for Health’.

Scald injuries happen in the blink of an eye

Excessively hot water is not only a scalding hazard but can also cause serious falls and injuries as people try to get out of harm’s way. Nor does the individual’s contact with hot water need to be very long – scalding can happen very quickly indeed. The CEN/TR 16355 technical report, ‘Recommendations to prevent Legionella growth in drinking water systems’ assumes that children can suffer scald injuries following contact with hot water at 60 °C after as little as three seconds. This makes it all the more important to protect this high-risk group, as is also required in Europe by the EN 806-2 standard.