Hand Washing
Oct 19th 2009greenbucksThoughts & Urban Living
The first ever Global Handwashing Day was celebrated a few days ago, last October 15.
Why is it important to do hand washing?
Hand washing using a good antibacterial soap helps remove the dirt from our hands. This is one of the basic sanitation rules.
Hand washing helps prevent illnesses like diarrhea and other diseases that can transfer from the hand to the mouth.
This habit is not just for children but for adults as well.
As an aside, hand dryers are good ways to go with the handwashing to completely dry the hands before handling anything.
This is what I always tell the kids when we are out: “keep your hands to yourself, do not touch anything (door knobs, elevator floor numbers and escalator hand rails) that you don’t have too because you never know who else touched those things.”
And yes, always bring hand sanitizer or alcohol, just in case.
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