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Washing Hands Helps Prevent Illness, Disease
By Larry Axmaker, EdD, PhD
Wash Your Hands - Again!
People are constantly catching colds and the flu is common during some parts
of the year. It seems like one of the inevitabilities of life. But is it?
You can be infected by the air you breathe, the food you eat, and people you
live with or work with. Germs are everywhere.
There are many diseases that can't be cured, and in some cases we don't even
know what causes them. But most health professionals agree you can
substantially reduce your risk of illness by the simple act of washing your
hands often. Dirty hands can be cured. That sounds simple, but most people
aren't very consistent at washing as much as they should.
What's the Problem?
According to studies done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC):
a.. Only about two thirds of American adults wash after using the toilet -
women significantly more often than men. Fecal matter carries a variety of
serious infectious diseases.
b.. One of four adults does not wash after changing a babies diaper -
creating a high risk of giving the care giver and other children infectious
diarrhea and other diseases.
c.. Fewer than half of us wash after handling our pets or cleaning up
after them.
d.. Just one in three wash after sneezing or coughing.
e.. Not even one in five wash after handling money, a major carrier of
disease germs.
f.. In one study, children who washed their hands four times a day missed
51 percent fewer school days due to upset stomach and 24 percent fewer days
due to respiratory illness than those who washed less.
g.. One in three E.coli outbreaks is caused by poor personal hygiene (hand
washing) by food handlers.
How much do you know about hand washing?
Answer each question True or False
T F
Always wash with HOT water.
T F
Using soap is not usually necessary.
T F
Public toilets have many germs, but your bathroom at home is
relatively germ free.
T F
Disease germs can live in meat, but seldom in fruits or vegetables.
T F
Washing hands frequently can weaken your immune system.
T F
The importance of hand washing has only been proven in the past 20
years.
T F
It is more important for adults than it is for children to wash
regularly.
All the answers to the Hand Washing Quiz are FALSE. Read on to find out why.
What Can You Do?
The CDC says, "The most important thing you can do to keep from getting sick
is to wash you hands." Not only common diseases like colds, but more serious
diseases like hepatitis A, meningitis, and infectious diarrhea can be
prevented by judicious hand washing.
Is there a right and wrong way to wash your hands? Yes, but it only takes a
few seconds to do it right.
a.. Wet your hands using warm (not hot) water and apply soap to kill
germs.
b.. Rub your hands vigorously together and scrub all surfaces.
c.. Continue to rub and scrub for 10 to 15 seconds (about the length of
time it takes to sing "Happy Birthday").
d.. Rinse well and dry your hands on a paper towel or clean cloth towel.
e.. Turn off the water using the towel to avoid a recontamination of your
clean hands and you can use the same towel to open the door, especially in
public places. Door handles are great carriers of germs.
That's all there is to it. Follow these simple steps and repeat often,
particularly:
a.. Before, during, and after you prepare food.
b.. Before you eat, and after you use the bathroom.
c.. After handling animals or animal waste.
d.. When your hands are dirty.
e.. Every time you sneeze or cough.
f.. When someone in your home is sick.
How Do Dirty Hands Help Disease-Causing Germs Get Into Your Body?
a.. One of the most common ways to catch a cold is by rubbing your nose or
eyes after your hands have been contaminated by cold germs, such as by
coughing or sneezing. Touching another person or even a surface they later
touch - including food - can spread your cold.
b.. Germs can be transmitted from unclean hands to food, usually when the
food handler does not wash after using the toilet, whether it is at home or
on the job. The germs are then passed on to those who eat the food.
c.. Germs can be transmitted from raw, uncooked foods, such as chicken or
hamburger, to the hands, then from the hands to other foods, such as salad.
Even if the original germs are killed by cooking, the salad and other foods
touched will stay contaminated and can infect those who eat them.
d.. Never put cooked meat back in the unwashed container it was stored in.
That can re-contaminate the cooked meat. Don't cut vegetables on the same
board on which you have cut meat. That can cause them to become
contaminated. Have a separate cutting board for meat and plant foods.
e.. In families and childcare centers, germs are often transferred from
someone changing the diaper of a child with diarrhea to another child or
themselves. Children are particularly vulnerable to germs and should wash or
have your help in washing their hands often.
Sources:
1. Why is handwashing important? CDC Office of Communication. Reviewed
March 6, 2000. Available online at:
http://www.cdc.gov/
od/oc/media/pressrel/ r2k0306c.htm. Accessed October 16, 2004.
2. An Ounce of Prevention: Keeps the Germs Away. CDC Office of
Communication. Reviewed December 8, 2004. Available online at:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/op/. Accessed October 16, 2004.
3. Handwashing-Related Research Findings. Food Safety Education. FDA
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. 1998. Available online at:
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/ ~dms/fsehandw.html. Accessed October 16, 2004.