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New study reveals alarming hand hygiene gaps in hospitals

Nearly half of hospital toilet users aren’t washing their hands, according to a UK-Danish study – highlighting the urgent need for smarter, more engaging hygiene training like GlitterBug’s visual feedback tools.

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,

UV LED Shortages – Rapid antigen tests to blame?

We’re struggling to get reliable stock of the UV flashlights and we think we know why.

The Swiss cheese model of virus prevention

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.

How soap kills the coronavirus

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.

How to effectively wash your hands (and not do a crappy job)

Almost Half of Children Not Using Proper Hand Hygiene at School

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.

The Ultimate COVID-19 Cafe Checklist

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.

The upcoming season of “Influenza” has been cancelled due to Coronavirus!

Our Top 20 Hand Washing Posters

The School Age Hand Washing Posters

The Really Detailed Hand Washing Posters

The Photogenic Hand Washing Posters

The Really Simple Hand Washing Posters

Coronavirus particles are easily transferred from sick people to commonly touched surfaces

How to wash your hands the right way

GlitterBug on A Current Affair

Coronavirus preparation – Glitterbug Discount For GP

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.

How Schools can stop Coronavirus

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?

GlitterBug steals the show on ABC’s Ask The Doctor

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.

Stopping the spread of disease starts with you

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?

Three simple ways to protect yourself from worst flu season on record

In an article on The Sector, Associate Professor Deb Friedman from Deakin University offers the three main ways to protect against devastating new flu

Meet Vomiting Larry

The fight against Norovirus has a new hero – but he’s not feeling very well

Show me the science – great articles from the CDC

Getting funky for hand hygiene

Hand washing training at school

Hygiene training the key to infection control in hospitals and aged care facilities

Hand washing and hand sanitising training for nurses

Take care of your hand hygiene, Australia

Can I use Glitterbug Gel for hand washing training?

Can I use Glitterbug Potion for hand sanitiser training?

The “Ultimate” Hand Washing Guide?

How many of the horrible hand washers can you identify with?

Would your cleaners pass a GlitterBug cleaning audit?

A “check the toilets” reminder to find staff who don’t care about food safety

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.

Where are you most likely to get food poisoning – how the media got it totally 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?

The attention grabbing cloth

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?