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The American Cleaning Institute is looking to gain insight from school nurses on hand hygiene in schools across the country. This will inform our Healthy Schools, Healthy People program, with the goal of providing resources to help prevent the spread of infectious disease and reduce related absenteeism.

We need your help and greatly appreciate your input!

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* 1. What do you see as the biggest barrier to instilling hand hygiene habits in your students?

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* 2. What access issues do you face in terms of hand hygiene? (choose all that apply)

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* 3. What cues or reminders do you want more of in your school? (choose all that apply)

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* 4. What hand hygiene educational programming or resources does your school currently use?

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* 5. What educational resources would be most helpful for you and your school to do more to help instill good hand hygiene habits in students?

(Rank 1 to 6 with 1 being most helpful and 6 being least helpful.)

  1. Resources to send to parents (factsheets, handouts)
  2. Classroom materials (posters, stickers, activity pages)
  3. Online network to share ideas
  4. Cleaning supplies (soap, hand sanitizer, drying towels)
  5. Online webinars
  6. Teaching toolkits and lesson plans

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* 6. What other educational components would you recommend be included in a comprehensive illness prevention program addressing hand hygiene and cleaning in schools?

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* 7. What interventions do you think would have the most impact on sustained improvement of hand hygiene habits?

(Rank 1 to 8 with 1 being most helpful and 8 being least helpful)

  1. Education on when, how, and why to wash hands
  2. Cleaner wash stations
  3. More visually appealing wash stations
  4. Peer hygiene monitors
  5. Hand sanitizer stations to supplement wash stations
  6. Visual reminders
  7. Scheduled time to wash hands (e.g., after bathroom, before lunch)
  8. More frequent replenishment of cleaning supplies

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* 8. Keeping in mind SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, timely) goals, what would you ideally like to be able to measure to determine the success of a hand hygiene intervention after 1 year?

(Rank 1 to 5 with 1 being most important and 5 being least important.)

  1. Less student sick days, especially during cold/flu season
  2. Student self-reporting of more frequent handwashing
  3. Observation of increased handwashing among students
  4. Increased rate of soap dispensing (soap use trackers)
  5. Increased/more consistent replenishment of cleaning supplies

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* 9. Given time and resource constraints, what do you realistically think your school would be able to collect in terms of available data for outcome measuring?

(Rank 1 to 5 with 1 being most practical and 5 being least practical.)

  1. Student self-reporting of more frequent handwashing
  2. Observation of increased handwashing among students
  3. Increased rate of soap dispensing (soap use trackers)
  4. Less student sick days, especially during cold/flu season
  5. Increased/more consistent replenishment of cleaning supplies

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* 10. How would you rate the general cleanliness of your school?

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* 11. Are key germ-transmitting surfaces (like door handles, tables, water fountains, etc.) in your school regularly sanitized?

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* 12. What do you think would make the biggest difference in improving your school's cleaning regimens?

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* 13. Please provide any additional comments or feedback you may have on hand hygiene and/or school cleaning: