15 october 2022 – world clean hands day

World Clean Hands Day is held 15 october. This day aims to remind people of the impact of handwashing on health., make it natural, like at home, as well as outside. The main task of this day is to draw attention to the timely and proper hand washing., because this is the most effective way not only to protect yourself from diseases, but also stop their growth.

There are many diseases, avoidable, if you wash your hands (or at least wipe it down with a damp disinfectant wipe). One of these diseases in the common people is called "disease of dirty hands", and in medicine - dysentery. Typhoid fever, hepatitis, cholera ,respiratory infections - all of these diseases are also the result of poor handwashing. Many people end up in hospitals because of their negligence., forgetting to wash your hands before eating.

According to statistics, washing hands with soap, when returning home from public places or after traveling on public transport, after going to the toilet and before eating, reduces the incidence of diarrheal diseases by more than 40 percent, and respiratory infections - by almost 25 percent.

During epidemics, many people escaped illness precisely because, that they washed their hands on time and regularly. We have reliable information about, what effect does the simple act of washing hands have on germs. Just imagine, that microbes die within 10 minutes, when placed on clean skin. Now attention to those, who doesn't like to wash their hands! Microbes on the skin of dirty hands persist and continue to live in 95% of all cases.

Did you know, what:

• on our hands from fingertips to elbows can be from 2 million to 140 million bacteria;
• Bacteria and germs can survive on hands for up to 3 hours;
• wet hands pass in 1000 times more bacteria, than dry;
• millions of bacteria are hiding under a watch or a bracelet on your hand, and under the wedding ring there can be more bacteria, than people in all of Europe!

Scientists have found, that there are much more microbes and bacteria on women's hands, than in the hands of men. The difference in the amount of pathogenic microflora on the hands is due to the different acidity of the skin. (women are lower), various sweating and hormonal levels.

Those, who does physical labor, hands are much cleaner, than office workers, and in the ranking of the most germ-infected household items, the handset is in the lead (including. prescriptions for medicines), desk, computer keyboard and mouse, what is used in the office.

It is very important to wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water before eating., before feeding the baby and before preparing food, because. pathogenic microbes from dirty hands can enter the human body with food. Wash your hands thoroughly after touching raw meat or fish and after handling raw food., because. microbes and viruses multiply especially quickly on such products. Be sure to wash your hands after, how to change a baby's diapers or diapers, as well as after going to the toilet: known, that after using the toilet, the number of bacteria on the fingers doubles!

Wash your hands especially carefully after, how to take out the trash, after touching money, after contact with animals, dirty shoes or dirty rag, and also always, when hands look unclean or have a foreign smell.

Need to remember, that it is important not only to wash your hands thoroughly with soap and rinse off the foam with water. Drying your hands after washing is just as important.. This is related to, that wet hands carry more bacteria and viruses, than dry. The most effective way to reduce the spread of bacteria is to use paper towels..

Always Follow These Simple Steps, when you wash your hands:

1. Wet your hands with running water.
2. Lather with liquid soap, foam soap or bar soap.
3. Beat the foam and distribute it over the palms and their backs, as well as fingers.
4. Rub your hands at least 20-30 seconds. Don't forget to thoroughly wash not only your palms, but also their back side, wrists, the area between the fingers and under the nails.
5. Rinse off the foam thoroughly.
6. Wipe dry with paper towel.

The issue of hygiene cannot be a problem of one person. In addition to his desire, he can become a distributor of serious diseases in the family circle. Intestinal infections can affect the whole family at once, not just one person.

Develop a habit for yourself and your loved ones, hand washing skills. If you have a child in your family, try to instill in him the skills of personal hand hygiene from an early age.

Wash your hands properly and teach your children to do the same.