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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:31:29 -0500
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From: Michele Crase <mcrase**At_Symbol_Here**NIU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Hand sanitizer
In-Reply-To: <65023CBF7D87432B985BDA979915DDDF**At_Symbol_Here**bruekbergterm1>
Hello all,
We put the hand sanitizers up all around our campus as well. I
went back and forth with the same thoughts you all have brought forward. What realization I finally came to is that these units bring the whole
aspect of hand hygiene to the student's mind. So yes they should
wash, but if they do at least this, it is better than nothing. And
just seeing them around MAY remind them that handwashing is important and
needs to be done much more often.
In the end, I think it is reminding people the importance of
handwashing.
Michele
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Michele Crase
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te Director
Environmental Health and Safety
Northern Illinois
University
DeKalb, IL
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815-753-9251
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gt; Ben Ruekberg <bruekberg**At_Symbol_Here**CHM.URI.EDU> 4/13/2010 1:28 PM >>&g
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Our school has put hand
sanitizer dispensers all over campus. It has occurred to me that we
strongly encourage our students to wash their hands after labs and that
some of them may mistakenly think that the application of hand sanitizer
may accomplish this. (Sometimes, students do not distinguish between
similar different things well.)
Not only does one not
rinse hand sanitizer off, but it is largely alcohol, which may increase
skin permeability. Students are given at least as much safety
information as they can assimilate already. Is this something worth
worrying about?
Thank you.
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