When and How to Wash Your Hands

When and How to Wash Your Hands

Handwashing is recommended as one of the best ways to prevent disease. Also, handwashing can help one to maintain high levels of hygiene. Research results have shown that regular handwashing can help lower the rate of infection of gastrointestinal and respiratory diseases.

So, that means everyone needs to know when and how to wash hands. If you don’t, then you will spread germs by touching your mouth, nose, or eyes with unwashed hands. Or, by preparing and eating food with unwashed hands. Since your hands are likely to get contaminated by touching dirty objects and surfaces, you must ensure you wash them regularly. Also, sneezing, coughing, and blowing your nose can leave your hands covered with germs.

When to Wash Your Hands

Simple handwashing is useful in helping you; your family and friends stay healthy. That’s especially true in the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic when you can get and spread pathogens. The following are the instances when you should wash hands:

• After you have used the toilet
• After changing diapers and cleaning a baby who has just used the toilet
• Before, during, and after the food preparation process.
• Before you eat food
• Before and after you have cared for someone who is sick with diarrhea or vomiting at home
• Before and after you have treated a wound or cut
• After you have blown your nose, coughed, or sneezed
• After you have touched an animal, animal waste, or animal feed
• After you have come into contact with the garbage
• After you have handled pet treats or pet food
• After visiting a public place and touching an item or surface that others have touched frequently. Such covers and items include shopping carts, gas pumps, tables, door handles, and electronic cash registers.
• Before you touch your eyes, mouth, or nose to prevent germs from entering your body

How to Wash Your Hands

There is nothing as easy as handwashing. It is an effective way to stop spreading germs. It is not rocket science knowing that clean hands can stop the spread of germs between individuals and throughout a community. And so you should promote it at home, the workplace, hospitals, and childcare facilities. Here is how to wash your hands in five easy steps:

1. Start by wetting hands with clean (warm or cold) running water. Then, turn off the faucet and apply soap.
2. Rub your hands with Yarrow Antibacterial Soap until you have a thick, creamy lather. Spread the lather to the backs of the hands, between the fingers, and under the nails. The soap should reach everywhere germs can accumulate.
3. Take at least 20 seconds to scrub your hands. That means going through more than file cycles touching all the essential parts of your hands.
4. Turn on the tap and rinse your hands under the running water. That’s meant to wash any germs off your hands and into the drain.
5. Use a clean towel to dry your hands. You could also air dry them.

So, now you know when and how to wash your hands. If you can’t wash your hands, then use the Yarrow Instant Hand Sanitizer to get rid of germs. We are glad to serve you at yarrow.sg.