After the hollidays classrooms in schools are now filling up again. However, this is only possible with great caution and with the greatest possible hygiene precautions, including the use of handsanitisers. But are these safe for children to use? With the right product selection, safety concerns are unfounded.
Hygiene in schools
Experts like Jim Arbogast, Vice President and responsible for Hygiene Sciences and Public Health Advancements at GOJO Industries, recommend that schools should be more widely equipped with high-quality hand sanitisers. These should contain at least 60 per cent alcohol, as recommended by the World Health Organisation. Equally important: products should be enriched with moisturising and refatting ingredients.
This way, hand sanitisers can protect against pathogens and be gentle to the skin at the same time. PURELL® products meet these requirements and most of the range has also been tested for effectiveness against Coronavirus[1]. This should reassure many parents, teachers and facility managers at schools. Of course, they might be wondering whether hand sanitisers might be too harsh for children's hands.
Hygiene-Expert Jim Arbogast, can understand these concerns and thus emphasises that schools should not make compromises when choosing a hand sanitizing product and should not save at the wrong end. Particularly when they are used for the sensitive skin of children. “PURELL® hand sanitisershave been developed to be used repeatedly without damage to the skin. Studies show that even in high frequency settings like healthcare, PURELL products do not dry out skin."
Good arguments for hand sanitising in schools
Another important argument that supports a regular hand sanitising in schools is that younger children often do not wash their hands regularly and with the sufficient thoroughness. The younger the children are, the more often they need to be encouraged and instructed by adults, warns the German Robert Koch Institute. However, hand cleanliness is one of the main factors in protecting younger pupils who must not be vaccinated against Coronavirus.
But which dispensers are most suitable for school use? We recommend placing PURELL ADX™ manual dispensers for PURELL hand sanitisers in educational facilities. These dispensers:
- Have a lifetime performance guarantee
- Are easy to maintain, with a large sight window and skylight
- Have SANITARY SEALED™ refills which snap quickly and easily into place. This protects users from the contamination risks of bulk soap
- Accept Controlled Collapse Refills – these patent-pending refills are engineered to hold their shape while emptying
- Refills made with SMART-FLEX™ Technology using 30% less material than rigid HDPE bottles
- Have GOJO LOCK OR NOT™ Technology – they open using dual side latches, or removing the key turns them into lockable cabinets
Stay Healthy!
