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Global Handwashing Day: What You Need To Know

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    • Publish Date: Oct 15 2017 2:28PM
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    • Updated Date: Oct 15 2017 2:28PM
Global Handwashing Day: What You Need To Know

Washing our hands is the best way to stop germs from spreading. Keeping our hands clean is one of the most imperative steps we can take to avoid getting sick and even spreading germs to others. There are many diseases and conditions which cannot spread by just washing hands with soap and clean, running water. It has been seen that they are a lot communicable diseases that can be spread via touch!

Touching food with contaminated hands mostly spreads food borne illnesses like Salmonella, E. coli, Staph, and diarrheal infection. Proper handwashing can reduce the rate of diarrhea (remains the second most common cause of childhood death.
 
Touching our face with contaminated hands spreads illnesses like pneumonia, cold and flu. Proper handwashing can reduce the rate of respiratory infections.

Importance of hand wash in infection control hand wash is the primary weapon in infection control. The prevention and control of infectious activities are planned to mostly limit the spread of infection and also to provide a safe environment for all patients, regardless of all the settings. The main goal of hand wash is to remove microorganisms from the hands, to prevent their possible transfer. It has been known that organisms can survive and even multiply on human hands, creating the opportunity to infect others or even the host. Handwashing can help in reducing the number of transient organisms present on the skin surface.

Handwashing technique
For routine handwashing technique, a vigorous rubbing together of all the surfaces of lathered hands for at least 10 seconds should be done. This can be followed by thorough rinsing under a stream of fresh water. Following is the correct technique of washing hands:
  • Wet hands with running water, either warm or cold.
  • Use liquid, bar or powder soap.
  • Lather very well
  • Try to rub your hands vigorously for at least 20 seconds. It is important to scrub all the surfaces; this includes the backs of your hands, wrists, between your fingers and even under your fingernails.
  • Rinse very well
  • Dry your hands completely with a clean or disposable towel or air dryer.
It has been seen that most of the bacteria in our hands are present in our fingertips and also our nails. So while washing our hands few things are there which we need to keep in mind: 
  • Number of bacteria present on our fingertips mostly doubles after the use of bathroom
  • Most of the time people only wash the palms of their hands and miss everything else
  • It has been seen that the bacteria count is mostly high on the dominant hand. That is the right-handed people wash their left hand more carefully as compared to their right hand, and vice versa.
  • When is it important to wash hands It is important to know when all we should wash our hand, to keep the disease away from us.
Remember to always wash your hands before: 
  • Before having your food
  • Treating wounds, giving medicine, or caring for a sick or injured person 
  • Inserting or removing contact lenses

Remember to always wash your hands after 

  • Using the toilet or changing a diaper 
  • Touching an animal or animal toys, leashes or waste 
  • Blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing into your hands 
  • Treating wounds or caring for a sick or injured person 
  • Handling garbage, household or garden chemicals, or anything that could be contaminated, like cleaning cloth or soiled shoes
  • Other than this, we should also clean our hands whenever they look or feel dirty! Handwashing and caring goes together so teach it and preach it!

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vikas pandey GREEN FIELDS SCHOOL(DILSHAD GARDEN)

I will try to follow all the above mentioned steps which i rarely do... Mosly, we are the one who didn''t follow it instead of telling to our elders!!!!!!

Ronit.R National Hill View Public School

Yes this article is very true and hope through which the importance of washing our hands is clearly highlighted upon

CHHAVI RANA RUKMINI DEVI PUB. SCHOOL(PITAMPURA)

Great...

P.S Geethanjali Nalanda Vidya Niketan, Vijayawada

Happy Global Hand washing Day!! Would definitely follow these rules. Please Wash your hands every day. Be clean, Be Safe!!!

Simridhi makhija DL DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL(SHALIMAR BAGH)

When we are doing all the work by our hands we should also see whether we are taking care of them or not. It is the responsibility of elders to teach the young ones about the right way of washing hands and the importance of the same. Like, I always tell my younger siblings to wash their hands after coming back home from the park. In schools, teachers should also insist the students to wash their hands before having meal.

nishtha gandhi TAGORE INTL. EAST OF KAILASH T0810D

It''s very informative and I will try to follow these steps. And will surely spread awareness about the same as its very important many disease are rising up may because of not washing our hands properly which is not good. By spreading awareness I hope most of the people would follow to wash hands properly.

VRINDA P MGM Model School, Varkala, Trivandrum

thank you for this information

Prerana R PRESIDENCY SCHOOLHMT LAYOUT

This is a really important topic on which whole of India is working on .all children usually don not wash their hands .so if there should be healthy India then spread this message to everyone.

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