As we pass the two-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, and missions across the United States are coming to an end, the conversation is now on treating the virus as endemic. The hope is that, going forward, we can control it instead of letting it control us.

If COVID has taught us anything, it’s to pay more attention to how germs spread. There is nowhere more important than a medical institution.

Studies show that 80 percent of common diseases, including nasty ones like E. coli, staph infections, and norovirus, are transmitted through our hands. We touch surfaces, we touch our faces—constantly—and then we touch each other.At the same time, other studies repeatedly show According to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we have insufficient hand hygiene, and even among health care providers, they wash their hands less than half as often as they should. Not surprisingly, 1 in 25 patients (more than 2 million per year) gets an infection during hospitalization.repeat Learn These infections were found to be preventable if workers followed safe care protocols, including proper hand hygiene.

Build with clean hands

Permanent, reliable, high-volume dispensers are critical to improving hand hygiene and reducing the spread of bacteria in healthcare settings, and technology now makes them possible. Austin-based hand hygiene company Vaask has developed a built-in hand sanitizer unit that finally addresses our poor hygiene habits. Unlike plastic bottles or flimsy wall-mounted pumps, the elegant and effective Vaask sanitizer is permanent; non-contact, significantly reducing the potential for germ spread; and designed to minimize maintenance and reduce overloaded storage personnel needs.

For a long time, we have been praying and wanting people to practice proper hygiene, and we have placed plastic sanitizer bottles around as a reminder. But they present a complete design failure as they often sit empty, introduce more bacteria due to touching the handle, spray too much or too little, and add to the world’s staggering problem of plastic waste.Now that the pandemic has reinforced the need for us all to clean up our actions, and given that leading researchers and practitioners have Prove Alcohol-based solutions are more effective at reducing hand contamination than hand sanitizing soaps, and the first place to revamp is the hand sanitizer station.

Make hand hygiene easy

It’s a given that if you want to change people’s behavior, you need to make it easy for them to change. One of the great things about Vaask hand sanitizer is that it’s so appealing that people really want to use it. Once they tried it, the experience was so pleasant that they came back to it again and again.

Vaask’s design includes a PalmPilot® sensor that accurately detects hands and minimizes confusion. A refillable tank contains twice as much sanitizer as a typical dispenser. Its series of easily customizable LEDs not only catch the eye and remind people to clean their hands, but also remind workers when water needs to be refilled.

durable

Unlike many, if not most, products made today, Vaask dispensers are not designed to be thrown away after a few years. This permanent hand hygiene device is constructed from solid cast aluminum and steel and is available in custom finish options to match any aesthetic. In addition to Vaask’s full 5-year warranty, all parts are easy to use and designed to be repaired to permanently extend the actual life of the system. Made in Texas, eliminating the risk of being stranded on container ships for months on end.

There is a famous saying in an old baseball movie: If you build it, they will come. Vaask’s permanent, built-in sanitizing dispensers are designed to help build the kind of future we all want, where people not only understand the importance of cleaning their hands, but take action and follow through. This is most important in healthcare organizations, where Vaask is fast becoming an integral part and has won numerous awards. These include two Symposium Excellence Awards at the Best New Healthcare Product of the Year and Healthcare Facility Symposium and Expo, which named Vaask the Most Sustainable Product and Architect’s Choice Product.

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