Safeguard boosts handwashing access amid rising Covid cases

AS the country faces a surge in Covid-19 cases, Procter & Gamble's Safeguard ramps up hand hygiene support through donations to several government agencies and other organizations to extend help to sectors in need.

These efforts aim to reinforce proper hand hygiene habits among Filipinos as the country seeks to alleviate further transmission of Covid-19.

Most recently, Safeguard has donated 25,000 hygiene kits to Covid-19 isolation facilities through the Department of Health (DoH).

These kits contain P&G-produced masks, Safeguard soap bars and Safeguard hand sanitizers. Safeguard also donates foaming hand soap in admission kits for St Luke's Medical Center patients and for vaccination hubs such as Megaworld Lifestyle Malls.

Since the start of the pandemic, Safeguard has partnered with organizations such as the DoH, the Department of Education and the Philippine Red Cross to ensure that help is being extended to sectors in need.

Personal protective equipment, face masks, ventilators and hygiene care packs are also distributed to frontliners, hospitals, isolation facilities, vaccine hubs and communities in most need.

Safeguard also partners with the Manila Water Foundation in constructing hand hygiene facilities in order to ensure that clean running water is accessible to more Filipinos.

Through this partnership, Safeguard donates hand hygiene kits to schools in the provinces that are given the green light to conduct pilot face-to-face classes.

The Philippine Association of Medical Technologists Inc. (Pamet) recommends Safeguard because it has Infini-shield technology that inhibits the reproduction of illness-causing germs and bacteria.

Covid-19 infection is highly possible through touching contaminated surfaces. After touching any surfaces, proper handwashing must always be practiced to ensure that your hands are free from illness-causing germs and bacteria.

Handwashing, along with strict adherence to health protocols such as physical distancing, face mask wearing and Covid vaccine taking may lessen one's chances of contracting the coronavirus.

Source: TheManila Times