Mr. Germ, Creating Hands Washing Awareness

Some statistics from the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention are:Washing your hands helps stop the spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19 up to 16%.It is estimated that washing hands with soap and water could reduce diarrheal disease-associated deaths by up to 50%.Researchers in London estimate that if everyone routinely washed their hands, a million deaths a year could be prevented.A large percentage of food-borne disease outbreaks are spread by contaminated hands. Appropriate hand washing practices can reduce the risk of food-borne illness and other infections.Hand-washing can reduce the risk of respiratory infections by 16%.The use of an alcohol gel hand sanitizer in the classroom provided an overall reduction in absenteeism due to infection by 19.8% among 16 elementary schools and 6,000 students.