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INFECTION CONTROL PROGRAM SCHOOLS FACTS

• Nearly 22 million school days are lost annually due to the common cold –Center of Disease Control
• 52.2 million cases of the common cold affect Americans under the age of 17 each year-Center of Disease Control
• Diarrhea is the second only to the common cold as a cause of lost working time, with about 25 days lost from work or school each year-School Network for Absenteeism Prevention
• Teacher illness cost time and mone-School Network for Absenteeism Prevention
• A recent study by the University of Arizona found that that teachers' offices had by far the highest levels of germs per square inch of professionals studied....
• Students don’t clean their hands often or well enough….only 58% of female and 48% of male middle and high school students washed their hands after using washroom….
• A case-control study of 6,080 school children showed that those who used classroom-dispensers, instant hand sanitizers….experienced 20% fewer absences due to illness-The Journal of School Nursing (Alyce A. Schultz, RN, PHD, FAAN)
• The Journal of the American Medical Association (2006) reports MRSA kills more people yearly than AIDS.

Execution Plan for Proper Hand Hygiene Management

Proposal:

• Your school will be outfitted with new dispensers placed strategically for ease of use and convenience
• Each classroom will be equipped with a hospital grade disinfectant
• The school will be provided with a professionally prepared curriculum map and materials, with which teachers can develop hand hygiene lessons around, to heighten students' awareness.

Training and Development Goals:

• Engage your students.
• Get entire school community involved.
• Help your school overcome the most common in-school hand hygiene barriers.
  • REDUCE INFECTIONS THAT CAUSE ILLNESS AT YOUR SCHOOL WHICH WILL REDUCE THE ABSENTEE RATE!

 

 

 

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