When you work with children, you provide an essential service to a generation of students every school year, and with the right information, you can instill healthy habits and share the importance of well-being.
Creating a culture of hand hygiene starts with knowledge. Teaching students the correct way to wash and sanitize their hands is a great way to get the ball rolling, but with these helpful tools, you can be an advocate for hand hygiene and raise awareness throughout your school.
Keep reading to find tips from experts like the CDC, hand hygiene best practices, and more.
There are more hand sanitizer brands now than ever before, but as an FDA-regulated product, there are strict regulations that manufacturers must follow. PURELL® Hand Sanitizer is – and has always been – formulated with ethyl alcohol as the active ingredient. The PURELL® brand is built on research, innovation, and developing products that are effective against germs while being safe and gentle on skin.
From elementary school to high school, students come into contact with germs every day. But they may not understand just how quickly germs can be transmitted by hands – and as a result, they may not wash and sanitize as often as they should. Try these interactive experiments to reinforce hand hygiene and encourage a lifetime of healthy habits.
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Washing and sanitizing hands is the first line of defense against germs that can make students sick. But knowing where germs like to hang out is also important. When students are aware of which objects can hold the most germs, they’ll have a better understanding of when they need to wash their hands.
Practicing hand hygiene is a great way to reduce the number of germs that can cause illness in your school – and when students know the proper techniques, it can help reduce germs in the classroom, so you can focus on what really matters.
Here you’ll find information on the latest best practices for cleaning and disinfecting, fact sheets about active ingredients, and lots of other helpful information on safe, effective ways to help eliminate germs on hands and surfaces throughout your school buildings.
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