Did you know that NCBI’s report reveals that an annual loss of around $260 billion was incurred due to productivity loss subjecting to illness? Workplace hygiene is a very critical factor when it comes to the company’s productivity. A clean workplace is a safe workplace. An employee's workday includes activities like drafting a report, opening and closing doors, or even shaking hands with a client, making his/ her hands vulnerable to viruses and bacteria.

Preliminary research has shown that 80% of all infections are transmitted by hands. The Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine studies published by ResearchGate reveals that health care claims reduced by 20% when the employees effectively used hand-sanitizers. A reduction in absenteeism of employees was also witnessed during the study.

Hand sanitizer and infections, ring any bells? The situation we are currently facing, the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizes the importance of a person's health and hygiene. The Government of India has made it mandatory to place hand sanitizer at workplaces to keep a check on the transfer of virus between employees.

Workplaces have encountered huge losses due to the Coronavirus scare and the imposed lockdown across all the states. After a considerable gap of 3 or more months, the government has finally given relaxation for specific sectors to commence with the occupational activities. It is the primary duty of the organizations and companies to ensure a smooth workflow at such a pandemic situation. The employer has to ensure that all the employees of the workplace are safe and healthy.

Safety and Precautionary Measures at the Workplace:

As an employer, ensuring safety precautions at your workplace and keeping your employees safe should be your priority as it proportionally boosts your productivity. Installing a contactless sanitizer dispenser at your workplace is the best solution you can look out for right now. Hand sanitizer offers your workplace and employees the following benefits:

1. The alcohol-based hand sanitizers kill around 97% of the bacteria present.
2. An individual who uses hand sanitizer a minimum of 5 times a day is 67% less likely to get sick. Using a hand sanitizer for 30 seconds is as effective as washing your hands with soap for 2 minutes.

Placement of hand sanitizer stand plays a significant role in its usage. The places of strategic importance where the touch-free hand sanitizer dispenser stand can be kept are cafeteria, food-court, meeting rooms, employee desks, entrance/ exits, and most-visited areas by employees.

COVARE’s motive:

With a situation the workforce has never faced before, it has been our prime motive to help organizations keep all the hands on the desk. We are in a pursuit to develop solutions that are sustainable, pocket-friendly, and at the same time, serves the purpose. Our organization witnessed 300+ COVCARE’s contactless foot-operated sanitizer dispensers being ordered and dispersed within a week. This action has made us realize that organizations are in a race against time to get back into the business.

A foot-operated hand sanitizer dispenser would aid in a contactless method of sanitizing your hands. It has the edge over the automatic hand sanitizer dispenser due to the following functionalities: