Products for Teachers and School Nurses!

New! Flu Prevention Resource Kit: $196.00

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Kit includes:

  • Powerpoint Program suitable for educational sessions or online education
    Content includes: Seasonal Influenza (info and animation), H5N1 Avian Influenza (info and animation) And H1N1 Flu, transmission, prevention methods - cough and sneeze etiquette, hand hygiene, vaccinations, and use of antivirals and PPE's
  • 300 influenza tattoos*
  • 100 hand hygiene cards*
  • 1 training tee shirt (state size)
  • Make-Your-Own Handwashing Poster images on CD

*(additional tattoos and hand hygiene cards available in bulk)


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Make your Instruction fun and informative with Nanobugs Powerpoint Presentations!

New version with animations included! Nanobugs characters featured in Powerpoint presentations - entitled: "Practical Microbiology featuring the Nanobugs". Presentations include the delightful characters in full color artwork along with the content of the Nanobug Collectible Cards and additional information for capturing the attention of your students and maximizing their retention of the information. Programs include Bacteria,Fungi and Virus Nanobugs.

Choose your audience:

Elementary/Middle School Students: $125.00

(includes hand hygiene and cough etiquette)

Health Professionals and Collegiate Biology students: $195.00


Powerpoint programs will be provided on a flash drive and shipped to purchaser.

*Contact us directly for additional programs or program development adaptations for other audiences.


Now available...

Nanobug-of-the-Month Subscriptions

The applied microbiology necessary for effective infection prevention and control programs can be a bit confusing for health care workers. The nanobugs can help employees at all levels (and volunteers) understand the pathogens that continually or seasonally threaten our patients and communities. To insure effective assimilation and retention of the necessary information, attention in directed to one microbe a month while appropriate prevention strategies are introduced and reinforced.

There are two formats for the Nanobug-of–the-Month annual subscription.

#1 is the Print Version for newsletters, bulletin boards, paycheck inserts, etc.

Includes:

  • the selected nanobug image in Jpeg format for clear color reproduction in print materials
  • the nanobug “profile” for the selected microbe for clear concise information for all levels of employees
  • timely ideas/draft of an article to focus attention on the featured nanobug
  • an additional nanobug can be requested during the 12-month subscription period to allow subscriber to address an issue or outbreak in the subscriber’s organization or community

Annual Subscription for 2009: $185.50


#2 is the Animated Version for use on internal websites or in educational sessions

Includes:

  • the 2-D animation series with holding pattern as seen on the nanobugs website in the “nanobugs menagerie”
  • the nanobug “profile” for the selected microbe
  • timely ideas/draft of an article to focus attention on the featured nanobug
  • an additional nanobug can be requested during the 12-month subscription period to allow subscriber to address an issue or outbreak in the subscriber’s organization or community

*if the needed nanobug is not yet animated, the artwork in Jpeg format will be substituted

Annual Subscription for 2009: $200.00


Discounts for Subscribers:

  • Subscribers can purchase a 3-D animated video of Hepatitis A (as it appears on YouTube and the Nanobugs website) for only $43
  • Subscribers can purchase temporary tattoos of the featured nanobug for only $11.50 / 100 (usual bulk rate is $20)

Nanobugs Handwashing Poster: $35.00

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Print your own handwashing poster to get attention and encourage employee compliance. The jpeg image for the Nanobugs Handwashing Poster is provided on a CD for use in your institution only. Take it to Kinko's or your in-house print shop and print a poster(s) of the size that works best for your location and situation. Comes with a permission to copy. The image could also be used for a screensaver".


Hand Hygiene Cards $25.00

This card (the size of a playing card) contains the essential information for proper hand hygiene. On one side of the card is the procedure for hand washing with soap and water. On the reverse side of the card is the procedure for hand hygiene with alcohol-based liquid, gel or foam. These cards can be used as a periodic reminder for health care providers or to facilitate instruction of family members and visitors of isolation patients. They also could be used by school nurses to reinforce proper hand hygiene with teachers and staff or for training child care providers.

Cards are packaged with 100 cards for $25


STI Prevention Program for Teens: $175.00

STI Prevention Program includes: Teachers Guide (with program objectives, learning objectives, "How to use this program", additional information for each of the Nanobugs and PID), 45 1.5 inch "campaign" buttons of the 9 STI Nanobugs (for grouping students), 5x7 Nanobugs student cards (5 sets of 9 STI Nanobugs to accommodate a classroom size of 45 students); An 86-slide powerpoint presentation, tattoos of 9 STI Nanobugs; student worksheets, a T-shirt to wear during instruction.

STI tattoos

STI Prevention Program

$175.00

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STI nanobugs Temporary Tattoos - 9 sets of 9 STI Nanobugs (81 total): $12.00

This package of tattoos is a supplement to the STI Prevention Program for Teens. Teachers can refill the tattoos in the STI Prevention Program by purchasing this package.

STI tattoos

81 STI nanobugs

$12.00


Tattoos in Bulk Quantities

Order large quantities of the nanobugs temporary tattoos to use as a novel incentive for promoting compliance with healthy behaviors like hand hygiene or getting a flu shot or as a reward for attending an educational programs or classes. The tattoos are non-toxic and made in the USA. We recommend that they be applied to the inside of the forearm where they will last for about 10 -14 days (about the time it takes to make antibodies to the flu vaccine). Choose from the 12 different nanobugs characters offered or contact us directly if you have a special selection.

Choose your Quanity:
100 for $25
200 for $38
300 for $48
400 for $58
500 for $68

Order Static Clings in Bulk Quantities

Clostidium difficile (handwashing message)

Order larger quantities of static clings with the handwashing message and place them in restrooms throughout your building in order to improve compliance with handwashing.

50 for $45 (90 cents each)
100 for $75 (75 cents each)

Streptococcus mutans (dental message)

Buy larger quantities of the dental static clings and save money. These unique reminders will attract attention at home or in preschool settings. Also a great idea for dentists to give away to reinforce compliance with brushing and flossing at home.

50 for $45 (90 cents each)
100 for $75 (75 cents each)

December 9, 2009

Bacteria Hiding in Cigarettes

The University of Maryland School of Public Health recently published a study in the journal, Environmental Health Perspectives. The goal of the study was to search for microbes in 4 common brands of American cigarettes. Fifteen different classes of bacteria and a broad range of potential pathogens were detected in all of the cigarette samples. 90% of all samples detected these familiar nanobugs: Acinetobacter, Clostridium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Serratia , Klebsiella, Burkholderia and Bacillus.
November 29, 2009

Unique Educational Toys and Tools to Enhance a Family Health Initiative

All this talk about health insurance reform – it seems that Americans have lost sight of the goal – HEALTH. It seems that everyone has become so focused upon controlling the management and financing of sickness that they have forgotten that they DO have control of their health. Sickness is NOT inevitable. It’s important to teach our children how to manage their health and avoid sickness and infection. Parents will need to expand their knowledge base for health promotion, too. This means learning more about microbiology and infection prevention, anatomy and physiology of the human body, nutrition and food safety, and behaviors that enhance wellness and reduce risk of disease. The Nanobugs can teach the entire family about infection prevention and microbiology while they entertain and engage young and old. Last week we had a request from and Lincoln, NE mother for a DVD that plays the animations of the nanobugs as they appear in the menagerie on the website She wants to use this DVD to entertain and educate her children in the van/SUV. What a great idea –
November 22, 2009

H1N1 Vaccinnation - Done!

On Friday (11/20/09) I found an available dose of H1N1 vaccine and made good on my promise to get both seasonal and H1N1 vaccinations this year. 48 hours later I report- no side effects - not even pain at the injection site. I got plenty of rest over the weekend to give my immune system opportunity to do the job of generating antibodies. Of course, it takes about 10 days to complete the process and completely protect me - but by Thanksgiving I will be almost there. I am certainly thankful that I live in a place and time that makes this all possible. To have protection against a brand-new nanobug so quickly - evens up the score: previously, Nanobugs - 1 and now it's Infection Prevention 2+ and I win!

"Just to let you know that I used the nanobug tatoos with a group of low ability\low motivation year-10 students. They proved a great incentive for answering questions and filling out the worksheet and then initiated a very productive discussion about why you had drawn them the way you had. All in all, a resounding success (apart from Patrick who kept stealing them off other students!) "

Brian in the UK