Germ Warfare For Kids (NAPSA)—Here’s good news for parents wringing their hands over cold and flu season: A new liquid-soap dispenser helps provide a strong defense for children who share germs as often as they share crayons. A study of 305 students discovered that children who wash their hands at least four times a day miss 30 percent less school than Dry m" ‘Squidoar'flJ os “Training Tomorrow’s Great Hand Washers”: A new soap dispenser motivates kids to wash. children who don’t wash as frequently. The Centers for Disease Control also says that the most important thing people can do to help prevent illness is to wash their hands. To teach children how to better wash their hands, the soap dispenser, called SquidSoap, marks the hand with an ink spot that can only be removed after 15 to 20 seconds of thorough washing—the amount of time recommended by most professionals. Children have fun marking their hands and watching the ink disappear as they wash. To keep the amusement at full throttle, each dispenser is accompanied by a stretchy toy squid. To learn more, call (866) 240- 4253 or www.squidsoap.com.
