| To begin with it is important to remember that nursery | | | | covering your hands to cover a sneeze or cough |
| schools and other education establishments do an | | | | probably is not the best thing to do bearing in mind the |
| amazing job in making sure our children's health, safety | | | | facts highlighting above about the hands and touch |
| and welfare is protected. From making sure teachers | | | | being the main cause of the spread of illness. |
| and classroom assistants are fully trained to little things | | | | With a human nose producing one to two pints of |
| like teaching the children how to wash their hands or | | | | mucus a day and a single sneeze producing literally |
| blow their nose, the role of someone working in the | | | | millions of germs, it is no wonder that droplets of |
| education industry is constantly evolving. | | | | moisture from the nose can be propelled over 30 feet. |
| But as a nursery or school teacher or even as a | | | | Especially when you consider the average speed of a |
| parent, did you know that the average toddler will be ill | | | | sneeze is somewhere between 80 and 100 miles per |
| eight times a year from germs they have acquired. | | | | hour. |
| And on the subject of germs, did you know that the | | | | The truth is the swine flu pandemic has highlighted |
| human body is home to over 1000 species of bacteria | | | | hygiene and so many nurseries and schools are far |
| and that there are more germs in your body than | | | | better equipped to deal with illness and the spread of |
| there are people living in Germany? | | | | germs than ever before. |
| The truth is, some germs are useful as they help both | | | | If you work in a nursery or pre school you will no doubt |
| children and adults build up their immune system which | | | | already be aware of many of these hygiene facts |
| helps us stay healthy and fight infections. And yet with | | | | and will be teaching children on a daily basis the |
| 90 percent of germs on the hands being found under | | | | importance of washing their hands in the correct way. |
| the nails, it is hardly surprising that 4 out of every 5 | | | | Nothing is more important than the safety and well |
| illnesses are spread by touch. Based on this, the fact | | | | being of our children and nurseries are doing all the can |
| that more germs are spread by shaking hands than by | | | | to make sure they are safe and sound at all times. |
| kissing would seem to make perfect sense. | | | | From buying the right nursery insurance to carrying out |
| Some other amazing facts based around a child's | | | | risk assessments to educating parents, nurseries do a |
| hygiene include that sneezes are an automatic reflex | | | | great job that are making our nurseries safer than |
| and as such, once you start to sneeze, you will not be | | | | ever before. |
| able to stop it. Also on the subject of sneezing, | | | | |