The desk, 400 times dirtier than a toilet
Cleaning is a virtue. Cleanliness is hygiene and, therefore, one always expects it to be a lack of disease. However, sometimes we find that objects of daily life are not as clean as we would like ... even if we clean them daily. This is the case with desks of the schools, They are 400 times more dirty than toilets, surprising as it may seem.
The hygienic solution company PHS Serkonten ensures that this happens because the toilets are cleaned daily with disinfectant products. This is why the company supports the importance of cleanliness and the environment in schools, because if they are adequate, they improve the performance of teachers and students.
A striking fact that highlights this company, which has carried out a study in this regard, is that only 22% of teachers and students wash their hands before eating in the educational center. This aspect, together with the dirt that accumulates in the desks, "causes the contagion of 60% of the diseases in the school environment, especially in children from three to six years old", they warn.
How to avoid dirt at school
In school, children play with balls, jump ropes, run through the yard and sometimes fall or simply sit on the ground. That is to say, how strange it would be if they did not get stained. The result is that dirt gets into the classroom, where it joins used pencils with dirty hands, remnants of erasers ... and a long etcecera. How to avoid the accumulation of dirt?
According to this company, the solution to the accumulation of dirt is that the centers have products and materials with which to combat the dust, clutter and waste. Of course, the cleaning team of the school should apply cleaning products against microbes, but these should be suitable for that furniture. Also, it is also advised place doormats in strategic places since 70% of the dirt in the classroom comes from the soles of the shoes.
And what about the hygiene of the students and their teachers? At this point, the advice is education: teach them and remind them that they should wash your hands well, for example. Thus, it is advisable to put in a visible place instructions on how to wash your hands well and ensure that there is enough soap and wipes or that the automatic dryers work properly.
Environmental cleanliness in educational centers
Environmental cleanliness is also important in schools, although sometimes it is the forgotten one. Not in vain, teachers, children and the rest of the staff spend an average of seven hours each day between those walls. In this sense, the company ensures that the poor air quality inside the center is responsible for an average loss of productivity of 10 percent.
How to improve environmental cleanliness? The plants they can be the solution here because, as this company reminds us, they absorb impurities and carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. Not only that, well the plants "increase the levels of positivity and reduce the feeling of anxiety, irritability and stress. "
Lighting and other important aspects in school hygiene
The lighting is also transcendental in school. Therefore, it is best to take advantage of natural light to the fullest and, in those rooms that do not have, it is convenient to install an efficient light. On the water consumption, the proposal of this company is that it is done in a rational way by means of tanks with double push-button, self-regulating taps and automatic closing sources.
Another interesting point that would improve the energy efficiency of the school: the company proposes to have environmental protocols to reduce the use of paper, reuse and recycle books or notes, as well as take advantage of the use of new technologies.
Damián Montero
