Hand hygiene is an easy and efficient way to avoid infections. Cleaning your hands can prevent the spread of germs, including those that are resistant to antibiotics and are becoming difficult, if not impossible, to treat.
If you have the virus on your hands, you can infect yourself by touching your eyes, mouth or nose. You might think that you don’t touch your face very often, but it’s much more than you realize. A 2015 study found that people touch their faces an average of 23 times an hour.
Even in Current Scenario Coronavirus (COVID-19) outburst is a respiratory illness, meaning it is mostly spread through virus-laden droplets from coughs and sneezes. If you don’t catch your coughs and sneezes in tissue and safely dispose of it, the virus can end up on surfaces. If someone else touches that contaminated surface, the virus can transfer onto their hand. Washing hands prevents illnesses and the spread of infections to others.
Hand Hygiene: Why, How?
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On average, healthcare providers disinfect their hands less than half the time they would. Health-related diseases are rising the focus of doctors, insurers, policymakers, and regulators. It is not only because of the severity of the issue in terms of associated morbidity, mortality and medical costs but also because of the increasing awareness that most of these are preventable. Clean Hand Protects against Infections!
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