Hand hygiene will impact the wellness of any community.  Ignaz Semmelweis 

We have compiled a significant number of studies showing good hand hygiene curbs the spread of disease.  Not only does it impact the spread of disease in hospitals it also curbs the spread in all environments humans dwell in.  A good hand hygiene program in schools, offices and homes will curb the spread of disease.  

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7301780/

https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/show-me-the-science-hand-sanitizer.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK513254/

https://jepha.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42506-021-00094-x

https://www.nationaljewish.org/about/news/press-releases/2021/new-study-examines-the-adverse-effects-of-hand-sanitizers

https://www.rush.edu/news/does-hand-sanitizer-work

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/AAC.01498-09

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00062-21

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41370-022-00479-w

Hand hygiene makes a difference in the health of any community

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2446461/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249958/

https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-021-11815-4

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0230573

Schools

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8457965/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6747304/

https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(07)00595-0/fulltext

https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/12/e030656

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2016/7026169/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019567012100102X

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s15010-021-01626-5

https://www.apha.org/policies-and-advocacy/public-health-policy-statements/policy-database/2014/07/07/11/15/hand-hygiene-in-prek-to-12-schools-and-child-care-settings

https://www.jmu.edu/uwc/files/link-library/empirical/annotated_discussion_section.pdf

https://www.r4v.info/sites/default/files/2022-06/ENG_Nota%20Conceptual%20Hand%20Hygiene%20in%20schools_0.pdf