Every year, companies across the country lose over 63 billion dollars of productivity due to employee sickness. Work illnesses contribute to lost output, reduced worker efficiency, and manpower shortfalls that account for the majority of the $63 billion lost due to worker illness and injury.

Throughout the fiscal year, workers on average take 8 annual sick days. Once regarded as a simple "cost of doing business" scenario, companies now have an option to fight unforeseen and avoidable staff sick time which ultimately drains the organization’s bottom line. This highly effective tool for fighting illness and keeping office productivity high is hand sanitizer. Surprisingly, merely installing and utilizing a hand sanitizer dispenser on-site can help save an organization billions of dollars a year.

Putting Sanitizers To Work

By simply installing dispensers and enforcing a company policy on their use, the office can stay healthier and more productive throughout the year. A hand sanitizer dispenser at the entrance of the cafeteria, conference rooms, and any other high-traffic common area will help stop the spread of germs. Something as simple as a rinse free, nonalcoholic gel or foam can stop illnesses from spreading through an innocent handshake or cough.

Convenience is king when it comes to an effective office policy. Mounting a clearly visible and easily accessible hand sanitizer dispenser on the wall next to all main entrances and outside of bathrooms will help employees remember to use them often. Workers will quickly become accustomed to accessing a quick shot of hand sanitizer as they function throughout the day in various parts of the office. This practice will ultimately help prevent them from becoming infected with any sickness as well as help prohibit them from passing germs on to colleagues.

Impacting The Bottom Line

Communicable illnesses force companies to forfeit copious amounts of productivity annually. Due to the strain of the current economic climate, people tend to return to work before obtaining a completely clean bill of health, thus perpetrating a germ’s continuing lifecycle by passing it on to unsuspecting co-workers. Each cold working its way through the staff ranks makes it easy to recognize its effect on overall output.

Sanitizers are one of the best tools to fighting the germs that cause the spread of illness. They are quick, easy, and readily available for use before a meeting, before a meal, and whenever else they are needed. Some studies have even shown sanitizers to be more effective at killing germs and keeping hands hygienically sound longer than just plain soap and water. Best of all, sanitizers are an economical solution that requires a minimal annual investment when compared to the billions that it may help salvage.

Personal Sanitizers

In order to round out a company program, personal hand sanitizer dispensers provide comprehensive protection for individuals. By supplying and distributing company-wide personal bottles and pen dispensers, employees will get involved and take ownership of the program.

With a hand sanitizer dispenser in common areas and personal bottles clipped to belts or placed on a desk, any office can stop illness before it can infect the bottom line.