Resolution 96-01: LET'S CLEAN UP OUR ACT
| Number | 96-01 |
| Description | Soap dispensers be placed and maintained in all bathrooms |
| Authored by |
Unknown |
| Sponsored by |
Unknown |
| Date Submitted | Tuesday, December 5, 1995 |
| Committee | Committee Affairs |
| Result | n/a |
| Remarks | FAILED - No further information is available about this resolution. |
| Whereas | Growth of various microorganisms occurs on the moist substrate of bar soap; and |
| Whereas | Transmission of infectious agents often occurs via person-to-person contact; and |
| Whereas | Hands of said people are often rife with infectious agents, often picked up by touching door knobs, toilet seats, etc., and bar soap is then handled by hundreds of these contaminated hands; and |
| Whereas | Rates of disease transmission are high in locales with high population densities such as universities; and |
| Whereas | Sick students and faculty are unable to participate fully in the pursuit of scholarly activities; and |
| Whereas | A decrease in scholarly productivity at UTA is not cost effective, and taking measures to reduce transmission of infectious agents is more than economically compensated by the full productivity of students and faculty, and use of liquid soap in a pump dispenser does not offer as "friendly" a substrate for growth and spread of microorganisms. |
| Be It Further Resolved That | All UTA custodial services provide and maintain liquid soap in liquid soap dispensers; and |
| Be It Further Resolved That | These dispensers be located in ALL public bathrooms located on university property; and |
| Be It Further Resolved That | These dispensers be maintained (i.e., the custodians regularly check the dispensers for mechanical problems and low/ no levels of soap and eliminate these problems if they exist. "Regularly" shall be defined as no less than weekly;) and |
| Be It Further Resolved That | This resolution shall take effect immediately. |