Health and Safety Products
Having health and safety products on hand can be very helpful in creating a healthier home or workplace. Staples carries a variety of cleaning and wellness products to help keep you and those around you healthy. Learn more below.
What Are Health and Safety Products?
Common health and safety supplies include:
- Gloves - Rubber or latex gloves can help prevent contamination when handling items or working with people.
- Hand sanitizer - Hand sanitizer is a useful, on-the-go alternative when soap and water are not available for handwashing.
- Hand sanitizing wipes - are another great solution to cleaning dirty hands when there is no soap and water available
- Masks - Disposable face masks and reusable face masks can prevent inhaling certain air particles and germs.
- Thermometers - There are multiple varieties of thermometers, including non-contact and oral thermometers, you can use to monitor yourself and your family.
- Disinfectants - Staples carries a range of disinfectants to sanitize surfaces and prevent the spread of germs, such as sprays and disinfectant wipes.
- Air purifier - Air filters and purifiers help to clean the air of various allergens and pollutants so you can breath a better quality of air.
- Sneeze guards - A sneeze guard is a physical shield, often made of plexiglass, acrylic or polycarbonate, designed to protect people or food from respiratory droplets by acting as a barrier.
- Paper towels and toilet paper - No home or workplace should be without paper towels or toilet paper, so make sure you stock up on these essentials.
- Signs and distance marking - With these signs, you can easily inform people about your business operations and requirements or make visual cues for how people should properly social distance in your space.
Who Can Benefit From Health and Safety Products?
Everyone can benefit from health and safety supplies, especially businesses that see high traffic and want to keep customers and employees safe. Those who work in medical or emergency response industries, as well as locations such as nursing homes that house vulnerable populations, are at an especially high risk for spreading illness and should utilize these products as much as possible. Anyone who is regularly around others or just wants to keep their space clean and sanitary will benefit from these health and safety products.
Why Use Health and Safety Supplies?
Prevention is generally easier than treatment, so if you can lower the risk of getting sick at all, this is ideal. That’s where health and safety products prove valuable to minimize the spread of germs, especially in high-traffic areas and in winter months when we’re more susceptible to catching illnesses. The goal is to not only minimize our chances of getting sick, but to help reduce the chance for others as well, so utilizing health and safety supplies to promote sanitation is wise in all situations.