Great work from a young scientist
We received an amazing GlitterBug science report from a Grade 5 student who clearly understands the scientific method. We think you’ll love it too,
HAND HYGIENE TRAINING
We received an amazing GlitterBug science report from a Grade 5 student who clearly understands the scientific method. We think you’ll love it too,
We’re struggling to get reliable stock of the UV flashlights and we think we know why.
No single defence against infection is perfect. They all have some area of failure, like the holes in a slice of Swiss cheese. That’s why multiple layers of defence are required.
You have been told that it’s really important to wash your hands for 20 seconds, but this video explains why this is so important.
A new survey has revealed that almost half of children aged five to 10 years old are not practising proper hand hygiene by using soap when washing their hands at school.
Cafes and restaurants need to take extra care to ensure staff and customers are protected from COVID-19. We have compiled a dozen different checklists into the Ultimate COVID-19 Cafe Checklist to help ensure you are doing everything possible to stop the spread of COVID-19.
As we enter May 2020, strict measures including social distancing and quarantining have put a dampener on everyone’s social lives. Our world seems to be
GlitterBug has explored the deep realms of the web to find the hidden secrets behind proper handwashing techniques. We have leaked this information to the
Infected surfaces can make you sick We recently took to the trains to see how virus particles can pass from a sick person to commonly
We found this great video on The New York Times web site.
Professor Mary-Louise McLaws talks about the importance of hand hygiene to stop the spread of coronavirus. A Current Affair March 5, 2020 The concern over
The most effective way to stop the spread of any virus, including carona virus, is good hand hygiene. We are taking this advice seriously and offering 10% off to all GPs to help them implement good hand hygiene practices in the community.
Whilst increasing cases of Coronavirus are being detected in Australia, students and staff members are returning to their classrooms.
What should school officials be doing to prevent the spread of Coronavirus?
ABC’s Ask The Doctor recently aired an episode discussing the critical importance of good hand hygiene in the fight against antibiotic-resistant superbugs and used GlitterBug to demonstrate that even scientists don’t know how to wash their hands properly.
Due to social pressures, sick kids are less and less like to stay at home. How can you protect your class (and yourself) from their infectious friends?
In an article on The Sector, Associate Professor Deb Friedman from Deakin University offers the three main ways to protect against devastating new flu
The fight against Norovirus has a new hero – but he’s not feeling very well
We are in the business of teaching people how to keep their hands hygienic, but recently we came across a couple of great articles from
A music video is a great way to get the hand hygiene message across. We’ve seen a couple of great ones lately. Alfred Health have
When kids start going to school, they are exposed to a whole new range of germs. It’s essential that they learn proper hand hygiene to
Around 1 in 10 people admitted to hospital will develop a hospital acquired infection. As antibiotic resistance increases, this number is likely to increase, as
What are the five moments for hand hygiene? In 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced “The Five Moments of Hand Hygiene” in an attempt
If your job is to teach people how to wash their hands, you’re going to need some help. The first problem that you’re going to
Every year, the treatment of hundreds of patients in Australia is complicated by infections contracted during health care. These infections can extend the period of
Why use Glitterbug Gel? Glitterbug Potion is primarily intended for hand sanitiser training. You do this by 2 simple steps: 1. Squirt some on your hands and
Why use Glitterbug Potion? Glitterbug Potion is primarily intended for hand washing training. You do this by 3 simple steps: 1. Squirt some on your hands
How many of the horrible hand washers can you identify with?
Are your cleaners doing what they are paid to do? Using GlitterBug to audit your cleaners is simple and very effective We recently had a
I recommend checking out the toilets of a restaurant to see if the staff care about cleanliness (and consequently food safety). When you complain and get fobbed off, however, that’s a totally different level. It doesn’t matter what rules you have in place if the culture is just wrong.
A report is currently being misquoted as saying you are twice as likely to get food poisoning from restaurants than from home. We tracked down the original report and discovered that’s not what it said. What did it say, and where are you most likely to get food poisoning?
What can be more important than catching up with a friend at a cafe? It turns out the answer is “watching the waitress wipe down everything with a cloth”. Now what?
Part of the secret of using GlitterBug is to hide what you are actually doing. So when applying GlitterBug Potion, my number one GlitterBug Hand
It appears that I am behind the times when it comes to hand washing Gangnam-style. There’s now a number of videos on Youtube for hand
New phone number We now have a new phone number – 1300 30 33 34. We will be keeping the original number (02 9614 6417)
Glitterbug Potion for Hand Washing Training How to use it Rub the Glittebug Potion onto your hands. Wash your hands. Use the UV torch to
Hand washing training in restaurants It’s taken time, but it finally appears that hand washing training in restaurants is finally starting to become important. Let
Not all days are the same, and the other day threw up another one of those surprises. I was called by a pest controller who
Over the last couple of years it has become apparent that hand hygiene is of utmost importance in both the food industry and the health care
Last Wednesday, I mused over why Glitterbug hand washing training wasn’t in schools. Today I’m asking why Glitterbug isn’t used more in pre-schools? It is so much
We’ve been selling GlitterBug for a while now, and we still haven’t received a massive order from the education system. I’m can’t understand why this
