Looking to encourage hand hygiene habits Dettol partners Sydney Opera House

Antiseptic disinfectant liquid Dettol has announced a partnership with the Sydney Opera House in a new program to be known as Hands on Art that it hopes will encourage hand hygiene awareness.

Hands on Art is an Opera House-run, winter school holiday experience and Dettol’s involvement follows research by the company into the hygiene habits of Australia kids.

It found that almost a third of parents struggle to establish strong hygiene habits with their children and that 60% of them believe kids learn best by using their imagination.

Its research also revealed that since the start of the pandemic and kids spending more time getting creative indoors, with painting and drawing at 57% while crafts scored 51%.

The Opera House said Hands on Art is offered free and is a play-based program delivered by Dettol so that participants learn simple, important hand hygiene habits through imagination and creativity.

The program is led by local artists, including lead facilitator, Curly Fernandez, who said that children’s most formative years are up to the age of eight, so this is the best time to introduce new habits.

Fernandez (pictured centre) advised “doing so by engaging their imagination ensures those habits are retained, which is why Hands On Art is the perfect way to educate little ones on hygiene habits they can remember.”