| Toilet Seat Cover Dispensers are an absolute "must" | | | | yours. Yikes !!!! |
| for facility managers planning new or renovated | | | | The best way for a building manager to provide |
| restrooms. These managers are intensely focused on | | | | protection to your bare bottom is to provide Toilet |
| the importance of sanitary conditions in public | | | | Seat Cover Dispensers in all toilet stalls. It is obvious |
| restrooms and are seeking new methods and new | | | | that toilets breed bacteria and germs and provide a |
| equipment to achieve their goals. These dispensers | | | | moist, warm environment where they can thrive. |
| are critical to maintain hygienic conditions for users. A | | | | Therefore a toilet seat cover is an easy and |
| satisfactory level of restroom cleanliness is demanded | | | | economical method of preventing the spread of |
| by today's public. | | | | disease from person to person. These dispensers are |
| Much of the impetus for equipment such as Toilet | | | | usually mounted on the wall behind the toilet or on |
| Seat Cover Dispensers is the push for more hygienic | | | | the stall wall. A toilet seat cover is a relatively small |
| restrooms. People are concerned about virulent flu | | | | piece of 100% biodegradable paper that is folded in |
| strains such as "swine flu" and SARS and a variety of | | | | half for storage. It is also quick-dissolving so it will not |
| other infectious diseases. It has been documented in | | | | pose a blockage problem for the plumbing pipes. |
| studies that people perform like contortionists to | | | | Numerous public restrooms do have toilet seat |
| avoid touching surfaces in public restrooms. They | | | | covers available but for each restroom that does |
| flush toilets with their feet, push doors open with | | | | have this availability there are ten that do not. |
| their shoulders, dispense towels with their elbows, | | | | Employers have a strong motivation to install Toilet |
| and use paper towels to open and close water | | | | Seat Cover Dispensers in their restrooms. These |
| faucets. In short, people will do just about anything | | | | dispensers will help reduce costly absences of |
| to avoid touching a restroom surface that they | | | | employees due to disease transmission. Reduced |
| believe to be laden with germs. | | | | absences will result in a more productive work |
| The need for Toilet Seat Cover Dispensers is | | | | environment. In addition, an employer who |
| documented by "doing the math." A public restroom | | | | demonstrates a strong interest in the employees' |
| is cleaned on average 4 times per week. The toilet | | | | basic sanitary needs will have more loyal and |
| seats may be cleaned twice during those 4 cleaning | | | | motivated employees. |
| visits. If an average public restroom has 25 visitors | | | | Because of the lack of Toilet Seat Cover Dispensers |
| per day per toilet then the average toilet seat will | | | | in public restrooms many people are purchasing their |
| have had 50 or more visitors between cleanings. | | | | own seat covers for use in these restrooms. They |
| What does this mean? It means that you could be | | | | are small enough that they can be easily carried in a |
| sitting on a toilet seat that has had 50 visitors and | | | | purse or pocket. These toilet seat covers can be |
| not been cleaned. And without toilet seat covers, | | | | found on cleaning supply web sites and are sold in |
| there was nothing separating your bare bottom and | | | | packages of 250 - 1000. The cost per toilet seat |
| the toilet seat and 50 bare bottoms that preceded | | | | cover is slightly more than a penny per cover. |