Innovation leads to the ongoing introduction of new and upgraded tissue products for consumers, heightening the quality and comfort for the end-user. This goes hand in hand with the awareness that increased hygiene has become a key concern, both at home and away from home.

Paper has been used for hygiene purposes for centuries, but tissue paper as we know it today was not industrially produced in the Western world until the mid-1940s.
Hygienic tissue paper is commonly used for facial tissue, handkerchiefs, napkins, toilet tissue and household and AFH towels, wipers, etc.

In this Hygiene section a number of topics are covered:

• Tissue hygiene
  
• How to wash your Hands – CDC (USA) Hand Hygiene Basics
• How to wash your Hands – World Health Organization recommendations
  
• How to wash your Hands – UK Health Protection Agency and NHS advice
  
• Hands drying in Food Preparation Areas
• Hygiene in the world
• ETS at ISSA Interclean – Amsterdam April 2010
• The Infection Risk Associated with Clothing and Household Linens