One Must Wash Hands

According to the experts, including the Center for Disease Control, keeping hands clean is one of the most important steps an individual can take to limit the spread of harmful germs to others.

Washing hands with soap and clean water (hot or cold) or at least hand sanitizer can help in avoiding getting those contacted sick especially senior citizens. The CDC has provided some guidelines for best practices. Click/tap here.

More About Washing Hands & Community Settings

Why Wash Hands?

Germs like salmonella cause diarrhea and respiratory infections. Someone coughing or sneezing will contaminate their surrounding area.

Touching an object there may yield a trillion germs getting into the next person’s hands, not good. Handwashing with soap removes germs from hands. The surfactant (a substance which tends to reduce the surface tension of a liquid) in soap lift soil and microbes from the skin. Avoid touching the water in the basin - it’s contaminated. For additional guidelines click/tap here.

Community Settings
The CDC recommends when using hand sanitizer, apply the product to the palm of 1 hand. Next rub the product all over both hands until they are dry. See guidelines for children here.

More valuable information available from the CDC at this link.