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Don’t get us wrong, we hope that this poster will make a positive impact on your and your staff’s hand hygiene. However, based on our experience, merely putting up a poster on the wall often doesn’t have a significant effect because most people believe they…
“Contrary to popular belief,” the hand consists of more than just your palms. In our opinion, success rates for washing different parts of the hands would likely look something like this:
Don’t get us wrong, we hope that this poster will make a positive impact on your and your staff’s hand hygiene. However, based on our experience, merely putting up a poster on the wall often doesn’t have a significant effect because most people believe they…
“Contrary to popular belief,” the hand consists of more than just your palms. In our opinion, success rates for washing different parts of the hands would likely look something like this:
Palms: 90%
Back of Hands: 70%
Edge of hands: 30%
Finger nails: 2%
Wrist: 5%
Edge of hands: 30%
Palms: 90%
Back of Hands: 70%
Edge of hands: 30%
Finger nails: 2%
Wrist: 5%
Edge of hands: 30%
From a cross-contamination perspective, the wrist and the edge of the hand often come into contact with surfaces but are typically neglected during handwashing. This is one of the significant issues with the official procedure outlined by the World Health Organization – they don’t even mention the wrist.
From a cross-contamination perspective, the wrist and the edge of the hand often come into contact with surfaces but are typically neglected during handwashing. This is one of the significant issues with the official procedure outlined by the World Health Organization – they don’t even mention the wrist.
It is all very well to show students how to wash their hands, but they are unlikely to actually put the knowledge into practice unless you show them why they should wash their hands correctly – and that’s where GlitterBug comes in.
GlitterBug gives a visual feedback on how badly their current handwashing technique is doing.
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