Handwashing is a fundamental aspect of maintaining personal hygiene and preventing illness. Choosing the right hand soap is crucial, whether you’re at home, work, or in any public setting. The market offers a variety of liquid hand soaps and bar soaps, each with unique benefits and suited for different skin types and needs. From soaps […]
Category: Handwashing
How Does Soap Work?
Cleanliness and hygiene are foundational to personal and public health, acting as primary barriers against the spread of infectious diseases. Essential hygiene practices, especially regular handwashing at sinks, play a pivotal role in minimizing health risks. The simple act of using soap and water at a sink to wash hands is a powerful method to […]
Buying Guide: Portable Sinks for Classrooms
Buying Guide: Portable Sinks for Classrooms Hand-washing stations are critical for classrooms to ensure proper hygiene and prevent the spread of germs. Portable classroom sinks are an ideal solution to hand-washing dilemmas in schools because they’re a turnkey solution, are easy to install and require no plumbing. They’re available at accessible heights for easy use […]
How to Stay Clean While Camping
How to Stay Clean When Camping A camping trip is the ultimate adventure for many people. Over 50 million Americans went camping in 2021, and 94% of campers plan to do the same amount or more camping in 2024. One of the best things about camping is that you can choose your adventure. You can rough it in the […]
When Germs Meet Hand Washing
Germs undoubtedly affect every human on the planet. So, let’s dive a little deeper into these persistent, potentially illness-causing pests and discover how together, germs and hand washing are the perfect match. What are germs? Simply put, germs are microorganisms that can exist pretty much anywhere, including on our skin and in our bodies. […]
How To Teach Kids About Hand Washing
Getting kids to wash their hands can be—well—difficult. Although stopping the spread of germs is a serious matter, teaching kids about handwashing doesn’t have to be. Here are 5 ways to help teach and stress the importance of hand washing—with a bit of fun thrown in! Importance of Teaching Children How to Wash Their Hands […]
The History of Hand Washing
We can thank much of today’s hand hygiene knowledge to a Hungarian doctor—Ignaz Semmelweis—who discovered the vital connection between hand washing and disease in the mid-1800s. We’re getting ahead of ourselves here though—so let’s back it up a bit and take a deeper look at the history of hand washing. The origins of hand washing […]
COVID Hand Washing and Psychology
Wash your hands. The simple statement drilled into all of us as children has taken on a new, shall we say, public role in all our lives. We’re all doing that sneaky side-eye at the restaurant bathroom sink and are extremely wary to touch any surfaces not in our own homes. We’re justified in this […]
The Shifting Hand Washing Mindset
So, of course, we were all conscious before COVID of keeping ourselves healthy and safe. Yet, it seems different now. That’s because it is. […]
Hand Washing Versus Hand Sanitizer
It’s been over a year now and we’ve all gotten used to keeping a bottle of hand sanitizer on us at all times. We use it after touching any shared surface, but is it really a viable replacement for hand-washing? Are we only using it because there isn’t enough access to point-of-contact hand-washing? Let’s take […]