A study conducted on 103,383 American employees in the year 2016, found that they averaged about 6,886 steps per day. Between work, errands, bathroom breaks, and more, the bottoms of your shoes have practically seen it all, and if you are one who has an infant at home, it is important to leave the bacteria your shoes have acquired at the door.

While it’s considered a dishonor in many other countries, walking around your home with shoes on is nothing out of the ordinary in the United States, yet doing so can put many infants at great risk of being exposed to a plethora of bacteria.

Facing The Facts

The University of Arizona’s College of  Public Health recently conducted a study to find out just how dirty your shoes really are. Furthermore, the results paved the way to discover the effects of bringing the dirt into the home of an infant. A few of the main findings can be seen below:

• Nine different types of bacteria were found on the bottom of a shoe. These particular kinds of bacteria are sources for infections in the stomach, eyes, and lungs.
• As we walk from the office to the car, to the store, to our front door, we are constantly picking up new bacteria, feeding the existing bacteria and causing growth. Therefore, bacteria live longer on our shoes than other places.
• 90% of bacteria on the bottom of shoes easily transferred to other surfaces, including tile. Additionally, carpet tends to foster bacteria even more.

Protecting Your Infant

When your infant or toddler isn’t eating, sleeping, or filling its diaper, it can often be found playing on the floor. And although you cannot see the bacteria your little one is crawling in as he or she makes their way to you, you now know it’s there — especially if you wear your shoes in the home. Additionally, children under the age of two are said to put their hands in their mouth around 80 times per hour, so what’s on the floor is likely in their mouths. A solution to giving your infant a safe, sanitary play environment? Removing your shoes at the door and/or using BootieButler’s shoe covers in your home.

The BootieButler Set Up Your Infant Deserves

1. BootieButler Shoe Covers: BootieButler offers many different types of shoe covers to meet any and all needs. Simply order a set and you’re ready to start covering your shoes. For the easiest, most sanitary application and removal of the shoe covers (where you don’t have to bend over to put them on or off or wash your hands after application or removal), check out our hands-free shoe cover dispensers and removers.
2. The KineticButler Shoe Cover Dispenser: BootieButler’s KineticButler is a hands-free machine that will conveniently place shoe covers on your shoes as you walk through your door. The well designed, well-sized machine is the perfect complement to your front door, but the biggest benefit is that it will prevent shoe contaminants from transferring to your floors — the area your infant (or toddler) spends so much of their time!
3. BootieButler Automatic Shoe Cover Remover: For equally convenient shoe cover removal, BootieButler’s Automatic Shoe Cover Remover is a great addition to a germ-free home. The hands-free remover safely disposes of the dirty shoe cover and assists in preventing the spread of bacteria.

Cleaner, Safer, Faster

BootieButler Shoe Cover Systems reduce the risk of contamination, prevent the spread of bacteria, and increase the safety and cleanliness of your home. The outside world exposes your child to more than enough bacteria and sickness. Make your home the safe zone your child deserves with the use of BootieButler products. Visit our website for more information and visuals.