LIST: When You Should ACTUALLY Wash Your Hands!

According to a panel of medical doctors, we all need to wash our hands for a minimum of 20 seconds. Here are the times you should wash them, no excuses:

Always wash your hands before:

  • Preparing food
  • Eating food
  • Touching contact lenses
  • Caring for a sick person
  • Caring for the wounds of an injured person
  • Taking or giving medicine
  • Touching or putting your hands or fingers in your mouth, eyes or nose

Always wash your hands after:

  • Handling any raw food, especially meats
  • Going to the bathroom
  • Changing diapers
  • Nose blowing
  • Coughing or sneezing, especially into hands
  • Petting animals
  • Handling pet toys or pet waste
  • Changing the dressing on wounds
  • Caring for a sick person
  • Handling waste or garbage
  • Handling garden or household chemicals
  • Touching dirty shoes
  • Shaking hands with people
  • Touching anything that could be contaminated with germs
  • Whenever your hands look or are dirty

SOURCE: MSR

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