What is Hands up for Hygiene Carex really does care for you and your family and its fun ’;Hands up for Hygiene’ initiative, now in its fifth successful year, is designed to teach kids the importance of good hand health and correct hand cleaning methods, whilst keeping them entertained too!

Carex have specially created education kits which are supplied to school nurses, health visitors, and teachers and there is now a new section on the Carex website dedicated to Hands Up For Hygiene where parents can also get involved by downloading play materials, activities and even songs directly from the site. As a fun way to demonstrate hand hygiene to kids, the Hands Up For Hygiene team goes into schools with lightboxes, glitterbug potions and other fun tools that are engaging and enthralling for children. They get to see for themselves the best way to wash their hands and keep those nasty bugs at bay.

Hands up for Hygiene - home and school support
There’s a whole host of games and activities available from www.carex.co.uk/HandsUpForHygiene, including activity sheets, activity songs, posters, stickers, fridge magnets and flash cards covering everything clean-related from ’;Messy Play’ to ’;Preparing Food’. All the family can play along and join in the fun, practising handwashing to tunes such as Humpty Dumpty and Wheels on the Bus! Whether the kids have been fooling around in the garden, experimenting in the kitchen, playing with the pets or painting by numbers (or walls), Carex Hands Up For Hygiene has it covered.

In previous years more than 4,500 preschools have registered to be a part of the Carex Hands up for Hygiene campaign and in 2008 12,000 more preschools and 26,000 schools will be invited to become involved with this successful initiative.

Hands up for Hygiene has had a positive response from children, school nurses, health visitors and teachers alike, with comments from: "songs are absolutely brilliant – catchy and really get the message across. Fantastic!" to, "it is good to have found a new, bright and interesting resource on the web which will help to encourage health and hygiene within the nursery" and "this is a really lovely way to encourage children to wash their hands and understand the reason for personal hygiene. It can help us with the topic and curriculum work as well as everyday self care for the children in our group, thank you!"

Hands up for Hygiene - the products:
Carex Splash, Hygienically Clean and Hand Gels kill 99.9% of bacteria and germs, whilst at home and on the go. Kids will love ′Dolly the Dolphin′ and ′Pete the Penguin′ – the colourful cartoon characters that personalise the Splash range and engage the attention of the children. You’ll love Hygienically Clean protecting little hands in the kitchen and bathroom and the Hand Gels for their handy take anywhere bottles and no-water-required application.

Nell McAndrew fronts the Carex Hands up for Hygiene campaign:
Nell McAndrew, television presenter, model, fitness guru and working mother to an active two year old son, is fully supportive of the Carex Hands Up For Hygiene campaign, acknowledging the importance of teaching youngsters how to wash their hands properly to keep them free from nasty and potentially damaging bacteria and germs. After all, just because you can’t see them, doesn’t mean they’re not there! Nell says, "I really believe in the Carex Hands up for Hygiene campaign.

It is a nationwide initiative that promotes and encourages pre-school children to wash their hands correctly and in a fun way. The activity sheets, songs, cards, posters, stickers and tips for parents really encourage hand washing as part of an everyday routine whilst making it fun. It’s really easy to access the Carex website from home and download the activity sheets for kids. It’s good, fun, family time, which is really important to me". So, put your Hands Up For Hygiene and teach your kids how to stay clean and germ free with Carex, the Carexperts.