Handwashing

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Improving hand hygiene at hospitals, one door knob at a time

With all the recent talk about hygiene and hospitals (not to mention the risk of spreading Ebola) a UK-based company says it has a simple solution: a door handle that dispenses a sanitizing gel, thereby ensuring workers and visitors keep their hands as clean as possible. Pure Hold is the company behind the Hygiene Handle, […]

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Rocking horse + bread stamp reinforce “wash your hands” message in India

Entrepreneurs and hospitals are trying everything from  portable automatic hand sanitizer dispensers to pop quizzes about hygiene and alarm sounding soap dispensers to get doctors to wash their hands more frequently. This is a priority around the world as well to prevent diarrhea in children. The Rehydration Project reports that a child dies of diarrhea every 26 seconds. Lifebuoy and Geometry […]