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World Clean Hands Day is celebrated every year on October 15th.
It is dedicated to popularizing hand washing with soap as a simple, effective and accessible way to everyone to prevent the occurrence and spread of infectious diseases and save lives.
World Handwashing Day was founded in 2008 by the Global Handwashing Partnership, with the endorsement and support of a number of international governmental and non-governmental organizations, private companies, individuals, and many others. On this day, more than 120 million children from more than 70 countries washed their hands with soap. Since then, there has been a significant increase in the involvement of countries and international organizations in the celebration of World Clean Hands Day.
The main goal of the annual World Clean Hands Day is to attract children and adults to participate in changing habits and shows how simple hand washing with soap and water helps prevent acute respiratory diseases, effectively combat food-borne and many other diseases.
From childhood, we all remember the slogans that hung in school canteens and clinics: “Wash your hands before eating!” and “Cleanliness is the key to health!” Today these posters have already been removed, but the idea contained in these words has become even more relevant. Specialists from the UNICEF Children's Fund warn that acute respiratory viral infections, influenza and acute intestinal infections cause the death of about 3.6 million children under the age of 5 every year. Meanwhile, such a simple procedure as washing hands with soap could reduce the number of people sick with acute intestinal infections by 40%, and acute respiratory viral infections and influenza by 25%. It has been proven that the causative agents of gastritis and stomach ulcers - Helicobacter pylori bacteria - are also transmitted through dirty hands. And diseases such as cholera, dysentery, hepatitis A, botulism, salmonellosis, viral pneumonia, conjunctivitis, scabies, helminthiases and various fungal diseases have long been considered diseases of dirty hands. Therefore, World Clean Hands Day is dedicated to the basics of personal hygiene. Its main goal is to make hand washing a habitual action, both at home and outside.
Sanitary and Epidemiological Service specialists recommend washing your hands as follows:
Remove rings and other jewelry from your hands.
Open the tap and wash your hands with soap, while soaping your hands on both sides of your palms for 15-20 seconds.
Use a soap dish in which the soap is not wet but dries.
Lather your hands so that there is as much foam as possible.
Spend another 10 seconds rinsing your hands under running water.
It is better to dry your hands with a disposable paper towel.
If you are in a public place, open and close the tap only with a paper towel, because before washing it is always touched with dirty hands.
Throw the paper towel in the trash, then try not to touch doorknobs or the sink with your hands again.
Pay attention to situations when special attention to hand hygiene is necessary:
After visiting the toilet.
After visiting public places.
After public transport.
Before cooking.
After touching raw meat and fish.
Before eating.
After clearing your nose or sneezing.
After touching animals.
After cleaning the house.
After caring for the patient.
After contact with the patient’s things (excretions).
Before and after wound treatment.
And simply if your hands are dirty or haven’t been washed for a long time.
Agree, people who wash their hands so thoroughly are very rare. Follow simple rules of personal hygiene and remember that washing your hands with soap is the cheapest and most effective way to protect against many diseases.
World Clean Hands Day is celebrated every year on October 15th.
It is dedicated to popularizing hand washing with soap as a simple, effective and accessible way to everyone to prevent the occurrence and spread of infectious diseases and save lives.
World Handwashing Day was founded in 2008 by the Global Handwashing Partnership, with the endorsement and support of a number of international governmental and non-governmental organizations, private companies, individuals, and many others. On this day, more than 120 million children from more than 70 countries washed their hands with soap. Since then, there has been a significant increase in the involvement of countries and international organizations in the celebration of World Clean Hands Day.
The main goal of the annual World Clean Hands Day is to attract children and adults to participate in changing habits and shows how simple hand washing with soap and water helps prevent acute respiratory diseases, effectively combat food-borne and many other diseases.
From childhood, we all remember the slogans that hung in school canteens and clinics: “Wash your hands before eating!” and “Cleanliness is the key to health!” Today these posters have already been removed, but the idea contained in these words has become even more relevant. Specialists from the UNICEF Children's Fund warn that acute respiratory viral infections, influenza and acute intestinal infections cause the death of about 3.6 million children under the age of 5 every year. Meanwhile, such a simple procedure as washing hands with soap could reduce the number of people sick with acute intestinal infections by 40%, and acute respiratory viral infections and influenza by 25%. It has been proven that the causative agents of gastritis and stomach ulcers - Helicobacter pylori bacteria - are also transmitted through dirty hands. And diseases such as cholera, dysentery, hepatitis A, botulism, salmonellosis, viral pneumonia, conjunctivitis, scabies, helminthiases and various fungal diseases have long been considered diseases of dirty hands. Therefore, World Clean Hands Day is dedicated to the basics of personal hygiene. Its main goal is to make hand washing a habitual action, both at home and outside.
Sanitary and Epidemiological Service specialists recommend washing your hands as follows:
Remove rings and other jewelry from your hands.
Open the tap and wash your hands with soap, while soaping your hands on both sides of your palms for 15-20 seconds.
Use a soap dish in which the soap is not wet but dries.
Lather your hands so that there is as much foam as possible.
Spend another 10 seconds rinsing your hands under running water.
It is better to dry your hands with a disposable paper towel.
If you are in a public place, open and close the tap only with a paper towel, because before washing it is always touched with dirty hands.
Throw the paper towel in the trash, then try not to touch doorknobs or the sink with your hands again.
Pay attention to situations when special attention to hand hygiene is necessary:
After visiting the toilet.
After visiting public places.
After public transport.
Before cooking.
After touching raw meat and fish.
Before eating.
After clearing your nose or sneezing.
After touching animals.
After cleaning the house.
After caring for the patient.
After contact with the patient’s things (excretions).
Before and after wound treatment.
And simply if your hands are dirty or haven’t been washed for a long time.
Agree, people who wash their hands so thoroughly are very rare. Follow simple rules of personal hygiene and remember that washing your hands with soap is the cheapest and most effective way to protect against many diseases.
