Hand hygiene plays a crucial role in preventing the spread of germs in schools. With hundreds of students interacting daily, touching shared surfaces, and using communal facilities, schools must prioritise effective handwashing and drying methods to maintain a healthy environment. Poor hand hygiene can lead to illness outbreaks, increased absenteeism, and disruptions to learning. Investing in no-touch automatic hand dryers including jet hand dryers such as the Mitsubishi Electric Wave u02 and i01 models offers a highly effective way to reduce germ transmission and enhance overall hygiene for pupils.
How Germs Spread in Schools
The number of pupils in a school, coupled with Schools are high-risk environments for the spread of germs due to frequent physical contact and shared spaces. Common surfaces such as door handles, desks, and cafeteria tables can harbour bacteria and viruses. Without proper handwashing and drying techniques, germs can easily transfer between students and teachers, increasing the likelihood of infections such as colds, flu, and stomach bugs.
Effective hand hygiene for pupils consists of two key steps:
- Thorough handwashing with soap and water which removes dirt, bacteria, and viruses from the skin.
- Proper hand drying which is equally important in preventing the spread of germs. Wet hands provide an ideal environment for bacteria to multiply, making thorough drying a critical part of hygiene practices. This is easier with hand dryers, provided that a suitable model is chosen and that it is both easy to use for pupils and quiet.
No-Touch Automatic Hand Dryers
Germs can easily be transmitted via shared surfaces, and traditional manual hand dryers require students to press a button or touch exposed surfaces, which increases the risk of cross-contamination. No-touch automatic hand dryers remove this vector for transmission by using motion sensors to activate airflow, ensuring students dry their hands without physical contact.
Choosing an automatic hand dryer such as the Mitsubishi Electric Wave u01 helps to improve hygiene and reduces the need for maintenance if buttons are damaged.
Benefits of Choosing Jet Hand Dryers
Jet hand dryers provide superior drying technology compared to conventional models. Unlike older dryers that rely on warm air to evaporate moisture, jet hand dryers use high-speed air streams to physically blow water off the surface of the skin, leaving hands completely dry without residue.
Jet hand dryers also have a much faster drying time which means children need to spend less time in the toilet area, and are much quieter in use, meaning less distraction in nearby classrooms.
Choosing Environmentally Friendly Hand Dryers
Efficient modern jet hand dryers such as the Mitsubishi Electric Wave i01 are faster in use and require around one third of the energy of a conventional warm air dryer that uses a fan and heater to evaporate water from the skin.
This means that they cost less to operate in the long term while also reducing the carbon footprint of the schools. When compared to paper towels, the savings and reduction in environmental impact are even more noticeable. Costs are considerably lower, and there is no waste that needs to be sent to landfill.
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The Mitsubishi Electric Wave hand dryer range is ideal for schools. Quiet in operation, hygienic and efficient, they help to protect the health of students while also reducing energy costs and unwanted noise.
Speak to a member of our team today for more advice or to book a demonstration to find out which model is best suited to your school.
