This everyday matter is for the health extremely important: wash your hands. Done correctly, you can use it to protect themselves effectively against diseases. Here’s how:
Cologne (dpa/tmn) – the main thing is to have enjoyable! When washing your hands it is not so much the temperature but rather to the length, plenty of soap and proper technique. The Federal centre for health education (BZgA).
Regular and thorough hands effective protection against disease is to wash. The pathogens enter through the hands to the mouth, nose or eyes and, from there, via the mucous membranes in the body.
This is true for adults and even more so for children: “Due to the as yet immature immune system and their daily proximity to other children, the risk of contagion is higher here”, says Prof. Philippe floor, chief physician at the Altona children’s hospital in Hamburg.
clean hands are the most, according to the BZgA under running water and soap everywhere – even on the thumb and back of the hand and in the fingers between the spaces. Should take 20 seconds, the procedure at least, in the case of heavily soiled hands longer. Thereafter, one should dry the hands thoroughly and not simply let it dry. The last of the germs that are still clinging to the hands, so far.
