Students Barely Pass on Clean Hands Report Card

Students are receiving less-than-stellar grades on basic hand hygiene.  Parents should hit the books too. School nurses and health professionals come out on top. And teachers aren’t far behind.

These grades on hand hygiene come from the third Clean Hands Report Card issued by The Soap and Detergent Association (SDA).

The overall grade of C shows that all of us can do better when it comes to proper hand hygiene practices (though it is a slight improvement from the overall C- given in 2006).

To check out the grades and to get a refresher course on effective hand washing, go to the story “America’s Clean Hands Report Card.”