TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. - During December students at Truckee
Tahoe Unified School District (TTUSD) were taught the importance
of hand hygiene, flu prevention and dental care from Tahoe
Forest Health System medical professionals. To complement the
program, Ecolab, the global leader in water, hygiene and energy
technologies, donated hand sanitizer stands to Glenshire,
Truckee, Lake Tahoe and King's Beach Elementary Schools. "Thanks
to Laurel Holmer who handles infection control at Tahoe Forest
Hospital and her long-standing relationship with Ecolab, we were
able to put donated Ecolab hand sanitizer stands at numerous
elementary schools," said Jill Whisler, wellness dietitian,
Tahoe Center for Health and Sports Performance. "We really
wanted to stress to students during the onset of flu season the
importance of hand hygiene." In 2005 The American Society for
Microbiology conducted a hand washing survey and noted an
estimated one out of five people don't wash their hands after
using a restroom. Hand hygiene educat