Hand washing is one of the best ways to protect yourself and your family from getting sick. Learn when and how you should wash your hands to stay healthy.
How germs spread
Washing hands can keep you healthy and prevent the spread of respiratory and diarrhea infections from one person to the next. Bacteria can spread from another person or from the floor when you:
Touch your eyes, nose, and mouth with your bare hands
He prepares food and drink with his bare hands or eats / drinks
Touches a contaminated floor or thing
Blow your nose, cough or sneeze, and then touch another person's hand or general object
The main times for hand washing
You can help keep yourself and your loved one healthy by washing your hands regularly, especially during those major times when you are likely to be infected and spread the germs:
Before, during, and after the meal
Before eating
Before and after serving someone at home with vomiting or diarrhea
Before and after a cut or wound chiki manure
After using the toilet
After changing or cleaning the baby's diaper using the toilet
After blowing the nose, coughing or sneezing
After touching an animal, animal food, or animal waste
After handling pet food or stomach treats
After touching the garbage
In case of COVID-19 overdose, you should also clean your hands:
After you visit a public place and touch an object or floor that is often touched by other people, such as a door handle, table, gas pump, shopping cart, or electronic cashier's register / screen, etc.
Before touching your eyes, nose, or mouth, because this is how germs enter our bodies.
Follow the five steps to wash your hands properly
Washing your hands is easy and is one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of germs. Clean hands can stop the spread of germs from one person to another and to the entire community — from your home and workplace to childcare management and hospitals.
Always follow the five steps below.
Wet your hands with clean, running water (hot or cold), turn off the faucet and apply soap.
Rub the soap with your hands. Foam the surface of your hand, between the fingers and under the nails.
Need a timer to rub your hands for at least 20 seconds? Then double up the song "Happy Birthday" from beginning to end.
Rinse your hands thoroughly with clean, running water
Dry your hands with a clean towel or in the air
Why? Read the science behind this recommendation.
Use hand sanitizer when you cannot use soap and water
If soap and water are not available, you can use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.
In most cases, the best way to get rid of germs is to wash your hands with soap and water. If soap and water are not commonly available, you can use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. You can find out if the sanitizer contains 60% alcohol by looking at the product label.
In many cases sanitizers can quickly remove germs from the hands. However,
Sanitizers do not get rid of all kinds of germs.
Hand sanitizer may not be as effective if you have visible dirt or oil / grease on your hands.
Hand sanitizers cannot remove harmful chemicals like pesticides and heavy metals from the hands.
How to use hand sanitizer
Be careful! Swallowing an alcohol-based hand sanitizer can cause alcohol-induced poisoning if swallowed multiple times. Keep it out of the reach of children and monitor their use.
Take the gel product in the palm of one hand (read the label to know the exact amount).
Rub your hands together.
Rub the gel on both the surface and fingers of your hand until your hand is dry. This will take about 20 seconds.
