Today, October 15th, is Global Handwashing Day, as the COVID-19 pandemic raised awareness of the importance of handwashing, we have decided to share some words with you on this subject.

The History: On the 15th October 2008, the Global Handwashing Partnership introduced an international campaign to promote handwashing to motivate people across the world to develop proper hygiene habits, in an effort to reduce illness across the globe.

The theme of this year for the Global Handwashing day is “Hand Hygiene for All”. Which seeks to raise awareness of making soap and water available globally, especially in public places, schools, and health care facilities. It also calls for institutions and individuals to improve hand hygiene efforts in the COVID-19 response that can outlast the pandemic.

According to researchers from the University College London, you should wash your hands between 6 to 10 times a day. But also after using the bathroom, when preparing food, after sneezing, blowing your nose or coughing, when caring for someone who is sick, for wound and cut treatments, after handling any animals, feed or waste and especially after handling objects that have been touched by the public.

It is difficult to have access to soap and water at all times. Therefore, it is more practical to use or carry with you, a bottle of hand sanitizer. Hand sanitizer is useful for its portability, accessibility, and effectiveness, unlike soap it is effective without the use of water.

Here at Uniformal we stock a range of hygiene care pack. To take care of your hygiene needs be it on the go or in work.

From left to right, we have the Disposable Care Pack, the Reusable Care Pack, and the Large Care Pack. Each pack contains a mask (disposable or reusable), a bottle of hand sanitizer and antiviral handy wipes (15 wipes). Our large pack contains: 3 reusable masks, 1 hand sanitizer, an ear loop extender for masks, disposable nitrile gloves and a large pack of wipes.

We carry a full range of PPE products such as Non-contact Soap / Hand Sanitizer Dispenser, Manual Hand Sanitizer Dispenser and a 5L bottle of hand sanitizing gel to refill them (left to right).