Portable Sink Benefits

One of the best examples of this is a hospital. While most hospitals have scores of sinks, a hospital by definition is a large number of sick people in one building. This requires severe and strict sanitation guidelines to prevent the spread of germs, bacteria, and disease. Portable sinks are a one time cost, do not require costly and disruptive behavior like drilling out a wall for plumbing in a hall full of doctors and nurses rushing helter skelter to save people’s lives, it simply requires opening the package and setting the portable sink down, then filling it with water. You can never be too sanitary, especially in a hospital. Another place that cleanliness is very important, but is not always present, is in a school. Recess is the part of the day where children who have been cooped up in classrooms eagerly run outside to play, getting themselves into all kinds of icky things. They eat snacks and get food on themselves, play in the dirt, pet the dog walking by and even catch bugs. Who knows where they’ve been? A portable sink is an easy solution, it allows a teacher to simply place a portable sink outside of the door after recess and ask each child to rinse off their hands with soap. This can do wonders to prevent the spread of disease and generally have a cleaner school, no matter what age the children are. (Though you may have a tough time convincing a bunch of high schoolers to line up and wash their hands.)

Portable sinks are more fun for kids in daycare because they are transportable. You could easily make it into a game or a song when it’s time to clean up by singing the song and having the teacher or aid wheel it carefully to the area where the cleanup needs to happen. If children are resistant to cleaning, they can be encouraged by the song and look forward to cleanup because they know there will be music and singing. Many children look at cleaning up after themselves as a daunting and boring task. The portable sink is different because it moves. Washing hands and other instruments that need cleaning throughout the day like paintbrushes or food items can be cleaned with the portable sink and seem like less of a chore and more of a fun activity. Kids need variety and spontaneity and the portable sink offers both. The kids will never know where the portable sink may pop up. They can be rewarded for guessing where it might be and then doing a good job cleaning up. It offers a different aspect to the day which is what every child wants.

Portable sinks can make daycare cleaner. If a room full of 12 children comes in from outside and have to stand in line for two sinks, they may be waiting a while. And during that time they may find other things to touch or get messy. With a portable sink, you can set the sink outside or just inside the door so that when each child is ready to come in, they may clean them there so as not to come further into the room and create more of a mess. Portable sinks are also easier to clean than regular sinks so that they prevent the further spread of germs. A portable sink has the capability to be hosed down outside. It also does not reside in the same room as a toilet does and thus is not exposed to as many germs as it would be in a normal bathroom area. After a hosing down, the portable sink can be easily wiped with an antibacterial cloth or sponge and it is ready for its next use.