The definition of hygiene according to the dictionary is "conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through cleanliness."Hands hygiene refers to washing you're hands to prevent diseases infecting you or just have have a good, clean environment which if done right removes dirtiness in ones hands such as dirt,grease,etc.The way to properly wash you're hands are to get some soap and make sure you use it for around 20 seconds to get you're hands sudsy, once you've done that put the soap aside and rub you're hands to make sure that you're hands are truly clean,after that turn on the sink to whichever temperature you want hot or cold and put you're hands under the water and keep rubbing them until the soap isn't present anymore on you're hands.The area that is usually missed when washing you're hands are between the fingers since people just clean the palms and the front of the hand.The soap you use doesn't have to be anti-bacterial you just gotta clean you're hands good and rub them really well so the bacteria goes away.
The "CDC" is the Centers Of Disease control and prevention.According to wikipedia "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the leading national public health institute of the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia" the CDC was made to protect Americans and the people living in it from diseases such as the Covid-19 which has taken many people's lives.After washing you're hands with soap the appropriate times to use hand sanitizer is after touching money,and in general anything that any other person has touched since you don't know who has touched it nor who has it or not.The way to use hand sanitizer correctly is to get it on all over on you're hands palms and the front,and between you're fingers.The amount of alcohol in the hand sanitizer has to be atound 60% to prevent you and others from getting sick.It's important to keep hand santizer away from children since they might think it's a type of drinkable liquid or something they can play with.
It's important to wash you're hands now more than a month ago since the covid-19 virus started many people don't know that they might be infected with this dangerous disease and they go out and touch objects such as shopping carts,money,etc.I think touching you're face if you haven't washed you're hands can be dangerous since they've touched many things that are dirty and can contain bacteria which will lead to sickness.I don't sing the happy birthday song I just wash my hands for 20 seconds I time myself by counting to 20.I'm more cautious with what I touch in public since many people can be infected with the deadly virus known as covid-19.When I'm not in my house i usually don't touch anything unless I need to.
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According to cdc themselves "Wet your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold), turn off the tap, and apply soap. Lather your hands by rubbing them together with the soap. Lather the backs of your hands, between your fingers, and under your nails. Scrub your hands for at least 20 seconds."
at 54 seconds into this video it explains how friction is the key to remove bacteria on you're hands. |