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Buddies
Handhygiene Program
An educational program about
bacteria and the proper technique for hand hygiene for
elementary-age school children.
 Schools, like hospitals, have significant
predisposing factors for the transmission of micro-organisms and
cross-contamination, such as a close environment, inanimate objects
serving as vehicles of transmission and often, inadequate supplies for
hand hygiene.
The number of lost school days annually among kindergarten
through twelfth grade students is 164 million with an average of 4.5 days
a year per student. A report by the Carnegie Foundation for education
noted that 83% of teachers think absenteeism is the main problem they
face in school.
MMI has developed an educational program for elementary age students that
included education about bacteria and the proper technique for
hand hygiene. Our program reduced absenteeism in schools by 50% and was
shown to save $167.00 per year/student (Amer J. Infect Control, 2002.).
Please
contact us for more information on how you can obtain this
program for your school or children's organization!
Video
Overview
A 3-part video on Buddies
Handhygiene Program is accessible here:
Windows:
WMV Part 1
- 920 KB
WMV Part 2
- 920 KB
WMV Part 3
- 970 KB
MacOS:
MOV Part 1
- 5 MB
MOV Part 2
- 6.5 MB
MOV Part 3
- 5 MB
Videos in WMV format can
be played on
Windows Media Player and
RealPlayer.
Videos in MOV format can
be played on
QuickTime.
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