{"id":1158,"date":"2017-08-11T20:59:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T02:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2017-08-11T21:01:39","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T03:01:39","slug":"tippy-taps-a-simple-and-economic-handwashing-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/tippy-taps-a-simple-and-economic-handwashing-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Tippy Taps\u2014a simple and economic handwashing station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard of Tippy Taps? A Tippy Tap is a simple and economic handwashing station often used in developing countries without reliable access to a piped water supply.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easily constructed from everyday objects, a Tippy Tap allows for proper and effective handwashing in the most rural of areas, and doesn\u2019t waste water. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/safewater\/publications_pages\/tippy-tap.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recommendations<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on how to construct and maintain a Tippy Tap. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a quick video showing one way to make and use a Tippy Tap:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to make a Tippy Tap in Namibia (or basically anywhere).\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6F9jcA8ZAi0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more tools to help with effective handwashing in your school, home, or workplace, visit <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/safewater\/publications_pages\/tippy-tap.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brevis.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sources:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/safewater\/publications_pages\/tippy-tap.pdf\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/safewater\/publications_pages\/tippy-tap.pdf<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/safewater\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/safewater\/<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6F9jcA8ZAi0\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6F9jcA8ZAi0<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard of Tippy Taps? A Tippy Tap is a simple and economic handwashing station often used in developing countries without reliable access to a piped water supply. &nbsp; Easily constructed from everyday objects, a Tippy Tap allows for proper and effective handwashing in the most rural of areas, and doesn\u2019t waste water. &nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/tippy-taps-a-simple-and-economic-handwashing-station\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tippy Taps\u2014a simple and economic handwashing station<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-handwashing-saves-lives-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tippy Taps\u2014a simple and economic handwashing station<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/tippy-taps-a-simple-and-economic-handwashing-station\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Barry\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/tippy-taps-a-simple-and-economic-handwashing-station\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/tippy-taps-a-simple-and-economic-handwashing-station\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Barry\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/437942528083e7f6e19cc3c2d5774aaa\"},\"headline\":\"Tippy Taps\u2014a simple and economic handwashing station\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-12T02:59:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-08-12T03:01:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/tippy-taps-a-simple-and-economic-handwashing-station\/\"},\"wordCount\":158,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Handwashing Saves Lives\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/tippy-taps-a-simple-and-economic-handwashing-station\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/tippy-taps-a-simple-and-economic-handwashing-station\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/tippy-taps-a-simple-and-economic-handwashing-station\/\",\"name\":\"Tippy Taps\u2014a simple and economic handwashing station\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-12T02:59:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-08-12T03:01:39+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/tippy-taps-a-simple-and-economic-handwashing-station\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/tippy-taps-a-simple-and-economic-handwashing-station\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/tippy-taps-a-simple-and-economic-handwashing-station\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tippy Taps\u2014a simple and economic handwashing station\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Brevis\",\"description\":\"Infection Prevention &amp; 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