Advantages of using disinfectant gel in the bathroom
Advantages of using hand disinfectant gel in the bathroom
Installing hand disinfectant gel dispensers in the bathroom encourages hand hygiene and helps reduce the proliferation of germs.
In our guide to cleaning and disinfection in public bathrooms, we highlighted the necessary products to make these spaces more hygienic places and to offer a more pleasant experience to the users.
We all know that public toilets have a high turnover of people and, precisely, this increases the proliferation of germs.
Therefore, in addition to using the appropriate cleaning and disinfection products, we must offer users solutions to improve their hygiene and minimize the risk of germ transmission.
In this article we will highlight the importance of using hand disinfectant gel after washing our hands or when leaving the bathroom and what risks entails not doing so.
Do we properly wash our hands after using the bathroom?
Risks of not washing your hands after using the bathroom
Installing Purell disinfectant gel dispensers in the bathroom helps stop germ transmission
Do we properly wash our hands after using the bathroom?
There are several studies that recognize that many people do not wash their hands after using the bathroom.
Specifically, the observational study conducted in 2007 by the American Society of Microbiology and the Soap Detergent Association (SPA) concluded that one in four people or, what is the same, 25% of people who go to the bathroom, do not wash Your hands later.
In addition, 75% of people who do wash their hands, only 46% of them spend enough time.
We can also refer to the results of the study conducted by the University of Michigan and published by the Journal of Environmental Health in 2013, which states that only 5% of a total of 3749 people observed in a university setting Wash your hands correctly.
This means that, the remaining 95% do not use enough time, do not use soap or rub their hands properly during washing.
Risks of not washing your hands after using the bathroom
The greatest risk of not washing your hands after using the bathroom is the spread of germs. And, according to the WHO, up to 80% of infections are transmitted by hands.
This means that if we do not wash our hands after having gone to the bathroom, we can contaminate other surfaces and cause up to 14 people to become contaminated by touching that object or surface.
For example, the knob or handle of the bathroom door can infect up to 60% of users of an enclosure in just 4 hours, as indicated by the American Society of Microbiology.
The same can happen with the push buttons of the manual dispensers, which are touched by many people when we dose the soap. Therefore, it is recommended to always use automatic soap dispensers.
Installing disinfectant gel dispensers in the bathroom helps stop germ transmission
Hydroalcoholic gels disinfect the hands, eliminating 99.99% of the germs that may be in them.
They are a very convenient solution to use and help complete hand hygiene. Yes! In no case its use replaces the washing of hands with soap and water.
Precisely, to promote hand hygiene, it is recommended to place Doctorclean® hand dispensers next to the bathroom exit door and at an approximate height of between 92 and 117cm from the floor, near the door knob.
As with soap dispensers, we recommend betting on automatic dispensers of hand hydroalcoholic gel, in order to minimize the risks of contamination in contact with the button.