How to Wash Your Hands

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hand washing is the "most important means of preventing the spread of infection." Here's how to wash them well and perhaps avoid a cold or the flu.

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Wash hands before you cook, eat, put in or take out contact lenses, or treat a cut. Also wash them after you go to the bathroom, handle uncooked meat or poultry, change a diaper, blow your nose, play with a pet, or take out the garbage.
Use liquid soap in a pump-dispenser; bars of soap can become contaminated with bacteria.

Step1

Turn on the sink and get your hands wet with warm water.

Step2

Use plenty of soap and rub hands together vigorously for at least 10 seconds.

Step3

Wash palms, backs of hands, wrists, fingers and under fingernails.

Step4

Rinse hands thoroughly with warm water.

Step5

Dry hands with a clean towel or paper towel.

Step6

Turn off the sink with the towel - this prevents reinfection of your hands.

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on 11/22/2005 Need a quick and efficient hand cleaner? Place about 1 tablespoon of sugar in the palm of your hand. Cover it with a good squirt of your liquid dish detergent and work it into your hands. Rinse.

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on 11/22/2005 Restaurateurs have found that 20 seconds can keep you from contracting a cold, flu, or worse, hepatitis A! It is imperative that you thoroughly and frequently wash your hands, and that each washing last for at least 20 seconds in order to avoid germs.

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on 11/22/2005 The amount of time you spend washing your hands is also important; singing happy birthday twice is a simple tip, but I wouldn't suggest you do it out loud.

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