Hand Hygiene Facts
-Up to 80% of contagious diseases, including flu, scabies, and pneumonia are transferred by touch.
-Washing hands properly could lower the rate of diarrhea by 40%.
-80% individuals don’t bother to wash their hands before cooking.
-Less than 50% males and 75% females wash their hands after bathroom activity.
-On an average, people spend about 7-10 second washing their hands.
-Every 15 seconds you spend washing your hands, 10 times more microbes are removed.
-Most of the bacteria are clustered on your fingertips and beneath the nails.
-Moist hands are 1000 times more likely to spread bacteria as compared to dry hands.
-80% DO NOT dry their hands after handwashing.
-Cloth towels are a powerful reservoir of bacteria; disposable paper towels are more sanitary.
-Proper handwashing results in 24 % fewer cases of respiratory illness and 51% fewer cases of stomach upset.
-Distributing free soap to schools resulted in 54% lesser cases.
How to Wash?
-Turn on the tap and subject your hands to clean, running water.
-Turn it off, apply soap and lather well, rubbing your hands together.
-Take turns to rub your fingertips, nails, beneath the nails and back of the palms.
-After lathering, scrub for 30 seconds. Sing your favorite song from start and finish, and stop scrubbing when the song ends.
-Rinse off with running water. Simultaneously, sprinkle water on the tap and turn it off.
-Dry your hands with a paper towel.
How to Use Hand Sanitizer?
-An alcohol-based sanitizer, containing at least 60% alcohol content works best.
-If your hands are greasy or muddy, wash it first with soap and water. Then use hand sanitizer.
When to Wash Hands in Office?
-Every time you use the bathroom
-Before and after having lunch
-Before and after meetings
-After reading magazines, newspapers or books
-After a long period of using someone else’s keyboard/ pen
-Before and after informal discussions
-After using shared equipment such as photocopier, phones, and scanner and so on.
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