How to clean your hands washing - Cleaning TIPS

Hands washing tips

How to Clean Your Hands?

Washing your hands is one of the most simple ways to protect yourself and others from illnesses like food poisoning and viruses like flu and coronavirus (COVID-19).

1. Soak your hands in water.
2. Apply enough soap to completely cover your hands.
3. Make a fist with your hands.
4. Rub the back of the other hand with one hand and clean in between the fingers. Repeat with the              other hand.
5. Clean between your fingers by rubbing your hands together.
6. Grip each hand's fingers together, with the backs of your fingers against the palms of the other hand. 7. Rub your fingertips together and your fingers against your palms.
8. Rub one thumb with the other hand. Repeat with the other thumb.
9.  Rub your fingers on the palm of your opposite hand. Repeat with the other hand.

10.Wash your hands thoroughly.
11.Use a disposable towel to completely dry your hands.
12.To turn off the water, use the disposable towel.
13.If you don't have access to soap and water right away, use alcohol-based hand sanitizer if it's                   available.

When is it appropriate to wash your hands?

You should wash your hands because:

• after using the restroom or changing a diaper
• before and after working with raw foods such as meat and vegetables
• prior to consuming or handling food
• after sneezing, coughing, or blowing your nose
• prior to and following the treatment of a cut or wound
• after interacting with animals, including pets, and after cleaning their cages

Washing your hands properly removes dirt, viruses, and bacteria, preventing them from spreading to other people and objects and spreading illnesses like food poisoning, flu, and diarrhoea.

It can help prevent people from contracting infections and spreading them to others.

It can also help prevent the spread of infections when visiting someone in the hospital or another healthcare setting.

How to Use a Hand Sanitizer With Alcohol?

When soap and water are unavailable, alcohol-based hand sanitizers that do not require water are an acceptable substitute. If you use hand sanitizer, make sure it has at least 60% alcohol. Take the following steps:

• Apply the gel product to one hand's palm. 
• Check the label to determine the correct amount.
• Make a fist with your hands.
• Rub the gel all over your hands and fingers until they are completely dry.

Children, too, require clean hands:

Encourage children to wash their hands frequently to keep them healthy. Wash your hands with your child to demonstrate proper technique. To avoid rushing, wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing "Happy Birthday" twice. Keep a step stool nearby if your child is unable to reach the washbasin on his or her own. When using alcohol-based hand sanitizers, keep young children under your supervision. Swallowing alcoholic sanitizers can result in alcohol poisoning. After use, store the container safely away.

Hand sanitizers:

When soap and water are unavailable, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol. Apply enough sanitizer to cover all of your hands' surfaces and rub them together until dry. Hand sanitizers, on the other hand, should not be used in place of regular hand washing, especially if the hands are visibly dirty or greasy.