When you sneeze in class, the first thing you would want to do is to use some of the schools hand sanitizer, right? However, with the decrease of hand sanitizer dispensers in schools, there might not be any that you could use.
Recent studies show that sanitizers don’t kill all germs and may actually do more harm than good by creating a false sense of cleanliness. It smells as if your hands are clean, but it never really gets off all the dirt. In reality there is no difference.
The hand sanitizer that the schools provide do not have very high alcohol content but can still be dangerous. Some students have been reported for using the hand sanitizer the wrong ways, such as a supplement to drinking alcohol.
Some teachers buy their own hand sanitizer to use in their class rooms. Avant, Germ-X, Hands2Go, Purell and Asseptgel are the most frequently used hand sanitizers, but the only brand that claims to be alcohol-free is Avant.
There are many positives and negatives in this debate, whether to have hand sanitizer in schools. The hand sanitizer that is provided in the schools is more diluted than the sanitizers sold in stores. However, they are both still dangerous due to alcohol content and a flammable nature and are both a risk to students.
One positive aspect about having hand sanitizer in schools is that it is useful to help keep hands clean. Store bought hand sanitizer has more alcohol content than the sanitizer provided by the schools. Alcohol does kill germs, so the hand sanitizer that has higher alcohol content will be more effective.
Some negative effects of having hand sanitizer in schools are that it could be a risk to student safety. As flammable as it may be, hand sanitizer should not be used in elementary schools. The younger students are, the more that hand sanitizer could pose as a threat, if ingested.
Middle school and high school students should be responsible enough to use the hand sanitizer correctly, which the teachers provide.
Hand sanitizer should be in schools, to help stop the spread of germs. Teachers and students should bring their own hand sanitizer to use during the day, but only students in middle school and high school should be permitted to carry it with them. Students in elementary schools should not be permitted to use hand sanitizers.
