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Health & Hygiene
Hands Up for Hand Hygiene
T
he Center for Disease Control estimates Washing hands can be interesting and more
that the average school child misses importantly can be integrated into school day
around one week of school a year due to activities. If we teach children that good hand
illness, which equates to approximately 36 hygiene is fun then it will develop from being
million school days lost every year in the UK¹. a game into normal behaviour.”
It is estimated that a great number of these “Educational establishments can work with
days could be reduced if children washed their washroom services suppliers to create a
their hands regularly. Indeed, recent studies campaign to educate children on why they
have shown that hand washing with soap is should wash their hands. Companies like
by far the best way to prevent the spread of Deb offer support and advice through
many illnesses and good hand hygiene marketing materials and information on hand
practices adopted by children would help to hygiene.
prevent the spread of germs from home to To celebrate Global Handwashing Day,
school and back again. Deb has launched a suite of new posters for
But are we actually doing enough to schools which are available to download free
educate children on the importance of from Deb’s website.”
adopting good hand hygiene practices in With the ‘flu season fast approaching, it
order to keep both themselves and others has never been a more important time to
healthy? teach children that hand washing is an
From an early age children should be essential activity and that we can prevent the
taught the importance of washing their spread of germs and bacteria that cause
hands with soap, at critical moments, such as common illnesses by simply washing our
after using the toilet, playing outside, hands!
touching animals, coughing and sneezing or
before eating food. Encouraging children to
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help to influence their hand washing practices
at home.
So, what can teachers do to educate
children about the importance of adopting
good hand hygiene practices?
Christine Mottershead, Marketing Director
at Deb advises: “With Global Handwashing
Day² being marked on 15th October, there
has never been a better time to educate
children on the importance of hand hygiene.
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