How to wash hands correctly?
Hand hygiene is the most effective and inexpensive way to protect us from germs and infections. Therefore, it is necessary to learn to wash both regularly and correctly.
Our hands are the most open organ to bacteria, which we make every connection with our environment in our daily life. At home, on the road, at work, at school; we use our hands at every moment. This means that you can contact many people at the same time at every public point. In addition to these, the transportation vehicles used in common, the use of common telephone, money exchange and so on. No matter how much we pay attention to our reasons, our hands become bacteria nests. In this sense, one of the most effective methods we can take to ensure personal hygiene and also to prevent diseases is to wash our hands regularly.
After using our hands, we also touch our faces, our own belongings, causing bacteria to spread to more places. That is why we should wash our hands regularly, not touch our face, eyes, food without washing our hands, and if possible wash our hands both before and after public toilets.
The most effective method for hand hygiene is to use water and soap. In cases where we cannot find water and soap; We may use liquid hand disinfectants in travel, hospital and school, but a certain amount of alcohol in these disinfectants may not provide sufficient hand hygiene. Because at least 60 percent of the alcohol in it must be. Therefore, we should try to wash with soap and water as much as possible and not to keep the hand washing process under 30 seconds.
8 steps to wash your hands properly
Moisten your hands thoroughly before taking liquid, solid or foam soap
Then soak the soap with your hands and froth
Soap the back of your hands first
Then rub the soap between your fingers and soap
Then rub the top of your fingers
Then rub your thumbs
Finally after rubbing your palms thoroughly
Rinse your hands with plenty of water
You can repeat the operations you just performed while rinsing. After washing, do not forget to dry your hands with clean towels or a paper napkin.
Hand washing is the most effective and inexpensive way to protect us from germs and infections. In this way, we protect ourselves from diseases such as colds and flu, which are common in winter, and become stronger against infectious diseases.
In a family that has gained the habit of handwashing regularly, children also maintain the same habit. In this way, it is easier to give our children the habit of hand washing. Because children learn life and daily habits by imitating the elders. When he comes home, a child who sees that his or her parents regularly wash their hands immediately after the toilet, before preparing a meal, sees the importance of handwashing, and learns to wash them correctly with the help of their parents, making it a habit for the rest of his life.
We should wash hands before:
Just before cooking and eating
Before touching any wound or using medication
Before a patient
For lens wearers, before attaching or removing lenses
Before you go outside and use a shared toilet, you should also wash your hands.
We should then wash our hands immediately:
After preparing and eating food
Especially after consuming raw meat and meat products
After the toilet
After changing the diaper
After taking care of our pets and touching their belongings,
After touching a stray animal
After sneezing and coughing
If we have to touch an infected wound and the patient
After disposing of the trash
Immediately after using chemical cleaning agents
Shaking hands
After money shopping
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