How Important It Is to Keep Your Hands Clean

By Fairy Kitch


If you run a home health care business then you know that washing your hands isn't always convenient. It is one of the vital protection for you, the employees and most significantly the patients. If you have a wall dispenser at your clinic, you might as well bring along with you a handy sanitizer every time you visit your patients.

Health care givers habitually had appointments with us at our house when a loved one of ours was ill. They still brought their hand sanitizers even if they could use our cleaning facilities at home.

We will always be grateful to these wonderful women who helped us give the best care possible for our mother through a difficult time. They are what you call Angels of Light, because these health care and hospital workers emanate an optimistic outlook in everything they do, and they always manage to put on a smile. Even though there were worst times, they still manage to lighten our mood and put a grin on our mother's face amidst the hurting.

Commercial institutions need to provide hand sanitizing facilities to protect the welfare of its employees.

Good hand washing and sanitizing is one of the easiest and best ways to prevent infection. All through the day, we use our hands to touch contaminated surfaces, to eat, to get acquainted with people, to handle pet animals and sometimes touch animal waste. That is how we get germs on our hands. By not washing frequently enough, you can spread the germs to your eyes, nose, and mouth causing infection. Doorknobs, phones and office equipment have generally gone through everybody's hands and it is in this way that you can pass on these contamination. Therefore, it would be wise to have a hand disinfectant on your table to clean computers, phones and anything that are shared with others.

The common cold, influenza and illnesses involving the stomach and intestines can increase the people it affects by merely making contact with them through the hands. The CDC has forecasted that since its flu season already, there will be an epidemic of the infectious disease. It is a safety measure and an effortless task to designate a time for hand sanitation, giving you an advantage as well as other people, specifically the old people and the ones who have a lasting medical condition

Salmonella and E. coli are some of the causes of sickness associated with poor hand hygiene in dealing with food. 76 million Americans, that is the expected number of people reported by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, to get sick because of contaminated food and the worst of it is approximately 5,000 from it die. You'll never think twice when it comes to keeping your hands clean.

Hand sanitizers are more effective in killing germs and preventing infections than just plain soap and water - even antibacterial soap and water. Hand sanitizers with alcohol is better because it disinfects. Some sanitizers are enriched with aloe and vitamin E to lessen the aridity of the skin.

The welfare of your people should be included in one of your priorities, thereby use hand sanitizer. Getting sick can be prevented so don't complicate yourself.




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