TIPH: Hand Sanitizer For More Than Hands by Kebora Weir

This is one of many hand sanitizers in Sterling Animal Shelter in Massachusetts. It is a rule in animal shelters to always sanitize after touching each individual animal. This rule is established to prevent the spread of germs between animal to human and other animals. This is an example of public health because everyone, including our furry or scaly friends, can catch diseases from each other. I chose this picture, because the hand sanitizer greatly affect the animal shelter as a whole. Some people at the animal shelter become eager to touch and hold the animals, which is expected. However, they constantly forget to wash or sanitize their hands every time as they get so wrapped up in the excitement. Although innocent, forgetting this task is a very dire mistake. Many animals in the shelter could become ill, workers could become ill, then workers could pass the germs to people outside of the shelter, and the shelter would be responsible for a community sickness outbreak. Unfortunately, this happens more often than necessary. Therefore, a use out of the hand sanitizer is a major component to public health.