Handwashing Resources

Handwashing Links

• Soaper Heroes
• The CDC's "An Ounce of Prevention" Campaign
• Hand-washing: Do's and don'ts (Mayo Clinic)

Tools Available

• Glo Germ
• "Why Don't We Do It In Our Sleeves?" - DVD or watch online.
• CDC Podcast - "Put Your Hands Together"
• CDC Podcast - "All you have to do is wash your hands"

Lesson Plans

• Hand Washing Experiment lesson plan for teachers
• NSF Scrub Club
• The City of Columbus: Teaching Handwashing to Young Children

Posters

• Massachusetts Department of Public Health or call 888-658-2850.
• "Cover Your Cough" (English and Spanish)
• Cover Your Cough and handwashing posters

Online Tools/Games for Kids (lesson plans, posters, brochures, and videos)

• NSF Scrub Club
• State of Massachusetts Handwashing page
• Brevis Corporation: 1-800-383-3377 (U.S. and Canada)
• Henry The Hand - Champion Handwasher
• CDC - Stopping the Spread of Germs at Home, Work & School
• Glo Germ
• American Cleaning Institute - Clean Hands