30 Seconds to Hand Wash Protects from Infectious Winter Diseases
Have you ever thought it would be possible to gain resistance to infectious diseases in just 30 seconds? At first glance, it seems that 'not possible'. However, in the winter months, especially in public transportation vehicles, diseases that may pass as a result of contact with sick people touch, it is possible to be protected by regular hand washing habit.
Memorial Antalya Hospital Infectious Diseases Department . Dr. Şirin Elmi stated that infectious diseases such as hepatitis-A, especially influenza, can spread rapidly due to unwashed hands in places where there are crowded groups such as schools, and advised on hand hygiene.
You decide whether your hands will be a sickness visa or a protection shield
Water and nutrients, which are the basic necessities of life, can become harmful if the hygienic conditions are not taken into consideration in the stages from supply to consumption and constitute a danger for our health. We meet all our needs in our daily life with our hands. Therefore, many infectious diseases can be carried with our hands which are in constant contact with our environment. Even in clean-looking hands, thousands of disease-causing microorganisms can be found. Furthermore, it is not possible for our hands to be kept clean. Influenza, jaundice, diarrhea factors, intestinal parasites spread to our mouths through hands and then to our body.
Hands should be washed frequently throughout the day
Children are more easily ill because their body resistance is weaker. Most of the children become ill because of the germs they take from their environment just because they do not wash their hands. In particular, not to wash hands properly after the toilet, even in the exchange of items such as erasers and pencils made between children in the school can transfer germs, coughing and sneezing infected with these items can be taken into the body through the hands of the disease-causing germs. For this reason, it is very important to wash hands at school and everywhere we are.
Liquid soap should be preferred in bulk places
Hygiene is the first step of protection methods. Persons should be told about the ways of transmission of diseases and individual cleaning, which is the most important method of protection. In particular, the importance of hand washing should be emphasized. Personal hygiene habits are very important in the control of many infectious diseases. Handwashing is the best, most effective and inexpensive method of protection from diseases. With the development of hand washing habits from a young age, the fight against diseases begins. It is very important to maintain this habit in the school age.
After eating and after eating
After using the toilet
After touching raw meat, chicken, fish and eggs
After handling contaminated food and garbage
After closing our mouths with our hands during sneezing and coughing
Public transport, money exchange, after use of public telephone
After handling cats, dogs and other animals
After coming home from work and school, it must be washed by hand in the right way.
The aim of hand hygiene is to remove harmful germs. Cleaning with water only removes visible dirt from the eye but does not provide effective hygiene. For complete cleaning, soap should be used with water. Liquid soap should be preferred especially in bulk places.
Need to wash hands with the right technique
How to wash hands?
The hands are soaked with lukewarm water, the soap is distributed to all surfaces of the hands and is thoroughly foamed.
Wrists, palms, fingers, between the fingers, back of the hand and nails are rubbed vigorously for at least 30 seconds.
Rinse hands thoroughly.
The hands are dried with disposable towel paper especially in public and bulk places.
The paper towel used for drying is closed with the faucet and discarded in the trash.
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