On any given workday, employees use their hands for typing up reports, opening doors, shaking hands with clients, and sharing community spaces. Because of this, it is a great idea to put some extra hand hygiene sanitation in place in your facility. This is particularly important to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Although washing hands with soap and water can help ger rid of germs, it is not always a viable option. But, hand sanitizers or alcohol gels can work more effectively than soap and water. Placing hand sanitizers in strategic locations throughout the facility using Displetech alcohol gel stands can encourage workers to improve their hand hygiene and create a healthier indoor environment. These stands secure the sanitizers in place and make it convenient for employees to take a few drops of the products. So where exactly are these locations? These locations are those high-touch surfaces and communal areas including:
Restrooms
Surveys reveal that many people skip the soap and just rinse with water when using restrooms. In fact, some even skip handwashing. This makes it essential to offer hand sanitizer in the restroom. If your staff members are in a rush and do not think of stopping and rinsing with soap and water, offering a backup option near sinks and doors guarantees germs stay in the restroom.
Entrances and Exits
Even one doorknob could already cause widespread illness in the workplace. In fact, some surveys show that within 2-4 hours, a virus on a doorknob can be picked up by up to 60% of employees and visitors within a facility. Aside from frequent disinfection of doorknobs, light switches, and other high-touch surfaces, it is important to offer a hand sanitizing station near entrances and exits to reduce the spread of infection including COVID-19.
Meeting Rooms
Usually, these rooms are packed with employees, clients, and visitors who may exchange handshakes and swap germs. Giving guests and employees an easy-to-access hand sanitizing station near the meeting room door or at the table, lets them safeguard their hands against germs before and after meetings.
Food Courts and Break Rooms
In an office, the breakroom and kitchen are some of the dirtiest hotspots. And if employees eat foods with germ-ridden hands, they can easily digest germs and become infected with many diseases including the novel coronavirus. While hand sanitizers do not replace handwashing, they can help reduce some germs in such areas.