Ever Hear That Washing Hands Is A Good Thing?

[pk]

Of a survey of 1,000 people taken by a Wisconsin study, 54 percent don't wash their hands any more or less than before the swine flu outbreak.

Washing your hands is one of the main things a person can do to prevent the spread of an illness. With the flu season coming upon us again and the Swine Flu still hanging around everyone should learn this simple technique called, washing your hands with soap. It's really a very quick and simple thing to do.

DO YOU WASH YOUR HANDS?... after using the bathroom, before you eat, after being in a store, after coughing/sneezing etc?

FULL STORY HERE: Survey shows people are not washing their hands more often because of the Swine Flu

[pk]

Hand Washing is the single most important means of preventing the spread of infection. Every year more than 164 million school days are lost due to illness. In light of the recent concerns of Swine Flu, washing your hands is one of the most important things you can do to prevent getting the Swine Flu.

In addition as many as 76 million Americans get a food-borne illness each year. Of these, about 5,000 die as a result of their illness. Those who are particularly vulnerable to these infections are the very young, the very old, those who are hospitalized and those fighting diseases such as AIDS or Cancer.

Many of those illnesses could have been avoided if adults, children and caretakers had done something as simple as wash their hands correctly.

Check out this very informative website:

How to Wash Your Hands

[dgridley]

Washing hands might be good but they tell you to shy away from using anti-bacterial soaps unless absolutely necessary because they kill healthy bacteria as well as the bad, plus they tend to create super bacteria that develop resistance to these soaps..