Hands Up for Hand Hygiene

From an early age children should be taught the importance of washing their hands with soap, at critical moments, such as after using the toilet, playing outside, touching animals, coughing and sneezing or before eating food. Encouraging children to wash their hands whilst at school would also help to influence their hand washing practices at home.

So, what can teachers do to educate children about the importance of adopting good hand hygiene practices?

Christine Mottershead, Marketing Director at Deb advises: “With Global Handwashing Day² being marked on 15th October, there has never been a better time to educate children on the importance of hand hygiene. Washing hands can be interesting and more importantly can be integrated into school day activities. If we teach children that good hand hygiene is fun then it will develop from being a game into normal behaviour.”

“Educational establishments can work with their washroom services suppliers to create a campaign to educate children on why they should wash their hands. Companies like Deb offer support and advice through marketing materials and information on hand hygiene.

To celebrate Global Handwashing Day, Deb has launched a suite of new posters for schools which are available to download free from Deb’s website.”

Hand Hygiene Posters

Download hand hygiene posters for schools and nurseries from the Support Materials section of this site.