Personal Hygiene & Safety
Good personal hygiene is the best method to protect yourself from illness and disease. Personal hygiene involves proper care of your body through the use of soap, shampoo and a toothbrush. Everyone is exposed to sickness such as colds and flu, and pathogens that cause disease. Taking good care of your body is the best defense you have against becoming sick and unable to go to work or school. Does this Spark an idea?
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Food Handling
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People who are coughing from a cold or the flu or who have diarrhea can contaminate the food products and surfaces they touch with their hands. The best protection from the spread of illness in food handling facilities is the proper washing of your hands. Proper hand washing requires at least 20 seconds of vigorous scrubbing with soap and water. Hands should always be thoroughly rinsed and dried on a clean paper towel.
Oral Health
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Tooth decay and gum disease can represent a serious threat to your ability to eat and maintain a healthy life. Oral disease is usually a result of a lack of brushing your teeth, flossing, and using mouthwash. Other causes of oral disease such as cancer are a direct result of chewing tobacco over a long period of time. People who are prone to tooth decay should develop consistent and effective dental hygiene practices including limiting the use of food and substances that contribute to oral disease.
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General Hygiene
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Personal cleanliness is essential to maintaining good health and vitality. Keeping your hair and scalp clean is the best defense against lice and dandruff. Proper and regular bathing is essential to eliminate body odor and problems like athlete's foot. Keeping your ears clean provides protection against infection and excessive wax compacting in the inner ear. Careful grooming will not only benefit your own health, but proper grooming will make you more acceptable to your family and coworkers.
Personal Protection
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People have the greatest risk for exposure to sickness in the workplace, at school or in the public marketplace. You will come into contact with people who who are coughing and touching surfaces that you may come in contact with. If you are exposed to sick people you should make use of hand sanitizer often and wash your hands when you use public restrooms. Whenever possible, you should avoid people who are coughing without covering their mouth.
Water Emergency
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Immediately after a flood or other natural disaster that contaminates public water supplies, proper personal care and sanitation will be difficult. Water supplies should be boiled or treated with disinfectant before hand washing or bathing. The best way to ensure your families safety when the purity of water supplies are questionable is to use bottled water for cooking, washing dishes and brushing teeth. Wounds should never be washed with flood water that may have been contaminated from sewage systems or from agricultural areas.
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