HAND
WASHING
“Don’t
be a bum wash off the scum.” Have you ever thought of what this
so important hand washing or hand hygiene is? Is it just symbolically washing
your hands or something more than that ?
Some People behave as if they don’t know the advantages of washing their hands in their day to day activities .The
attitude of the people all over the world regarding hand washing differs
according to different countries , different cultures ,different religions ,
various economical situations and various educational levels .Especially in
developing countries and under developed countries the attitude to hand washing
is very poor. Despite all those things ,it
is nothing else than a thing giving you health
perks.
HOW AND WHERE DO OUR HANDS BECOME DIRTY ?
HOW AND WHERE DO OUR HANDS BECOME DIRTY ?
1. By touching dirty things in day-today activities
2. B y handling patients of various diseases
3. Touching various things in
schools by children.
4. Touching raw meat (
poultry , fish )
5. Touching seats, belts and
bars in vehicles of public transport
6. From animals and pets like cats and dogs
7. By one’s own waste like excreta if not washed
off well
8. By dust in the wind
9. By sneezing and coughing
on to hands
10. Places where many people
are in close contact with one another.
HOW DO WE GET AFFECTED
BY OUR DIRTY HANDS
Adults, children, students,
patients, workers, touch their eyes, noses, mouths by their dirty hands that
have accumulated germs throughout the day. Pathogens including bacteria,
viruses and fungus get into our bodies through these organs .from these
microbes we get influenza respiratory diseases diarrhea and skin diseases.
WHAT ARE THESE MICROBES
1. Salmonella - causes diarrhea
1. Salmonella - causes diarrhea
2. E coli 0157 - causes
diarrhea
3.
Noro virus - causes
diarrhea
4.Rhino
virus - causes common cold and influenza
WHAT IS HAND WASHING THEN ?
Dont think that HAND WASHING is symbolically washing your hands. Don't think that it is a cultural or religious ritual.Think THROUGHLY and CONSCIOUSLY that it is a washing that protect you and others from infections.Think that it is a washing that prevents germs transmitting from one person to another and think that it keeps you healthy. Everybody should change their mind in that way.Although it is impossible to keep your hands fully germ free, washing your hands frequently can help limit the transmission of bacteria virus and other microbes.DON'T UNDER ASTIMATE the power of hand washing.The few seconds you spend at the sink could save your trips to see the doctor in hospital.
WHEN TO WASH YOUR HANDS
WHAT IS HAND WASHING THEN ?
Dont think that HAND WASHING is symbolically washing your hands. Don't think that it is a cultural or religious ritual.Think THROUGHLY and CONSCIOUSLY that it is a washing that protect you and others from infections.Think that it is a washing that prevents germs transmitting from one person to another and think that it keeps you healthy. Everybody should change their mind in that way.Although it is impossible to keep your hands fully germ free, washing your hands frequently can help limit the transmission of bacteria virus and other microbes.DON'T UNDER ASTIMATE the power of hand washing.The few seconds you spend at the sink could save your trips to see the doctor in hospital.
WHEN TO WASH YOUR HANDS
Wash off your hands thoroughly with soap
and clean running water
1. Before , during and after preparing food (
especially raw meat )
2. Before eating food
3. Before inserting and removing contact lenses
4. Before and after treating and caring for sick or
injured person
5. After
wearing and removing foot ware and socks
6. After handling garbage,
7. After handling household or garden chemicals
8. After shaking hands with others
9. After cleaning your kids who are back from toilet
10. After handling animals and pets
11. After changing diapers
12. Whenever you feel your hands are
dirty
TH INGS YOU SHOULD USE TO WASH YOUR HAND
1. Solid soap
2. Liquid soap
3. Antiseptic
solid soap
4. Antiseptic
liquid soap
5. Ash or mud
6. Water temperature
7.Hand sanitizers
USING ASH AND MUD TO WASH HANDS
Although it is rather a primitive method to use ash and mud
to wash hands, it is still somewhat effective in emergency
situations such as natural disasters.Ifpeople in low income
communities cannot afford soap, they too can do so,
situations such as natural disasters.Ifpeople in low income
communities cannot afford soap, they too can do so,
although it is not fully advisable. And ash and mud
dono't eliminate germs fully.
ADVANTAGES OF WASHING HANDS
People around you, your dear ones and you will get many
advantages by washing hands. You will not fall sick.you will
not become a carrier of illness to others.Your money and
time will be saved as you don't want to stay in hospitals.
You will live long.
MY WISH
May all living beings be free of suffering from diseases
caused by pathogenes. If you happened to read my article
please comment on it and pass the message to others
to read it.Make the world aware of the importance of
hand washing. May you all live long.
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dono't eliminate germs fully.
ADVANTAGES OF WASHING HANDS
People around you, your dear ones and you will get many
advantages by washing hands. You will not fall sick.you will
not become a carrier of illness to others.Your money and
time will be saved as you don't want to stay in hospitals.
You will live long.
MY WISH
May all living beings be free of suffering from diseases
caused by pathogenes. If you happened to read my article
please comment on it and pass the message to others
to read it.Make the world aware of the importance of
hand washing. May you all live long.
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