Wash Your Hands Often With Soap And Water For At Least 20 Seconds

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Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.

Lather up your hands with soap. That time allows soap to form lather that contains pin like surfactant molecules with. You should wash your hands for at least 20 30 seconds. Scrub your hands for at least 20 seconds.

Rub your hands together for at least 20 seconds. Lather the backs of your hands between your fingers and under your nails. The gold standard involves scrubbing your hands thoroughly with soap and clean water for at least 20 seconds. Dry your hands with a clean towel or air dry them.

That also means that any and all types of soap can get the job done including the basic soaps we use in public bathrooms airports. Don t forget to wash your wrists the back of your hands between your fingers and under your fingernails. Hum the happy birthday song from beginning to end twice. Wet your hands with clean running water warm or cold.

The same goes for hand sanitizer. If soap and water are not readily available clean your hands with a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60 alcohol. Still the chances of getting to all corners and wrinkles on your skin are better with 20 seconds of soap lathering than they are when rubbing your hands with sanitizer. Rub your hands vigorously for at least 20 seconds.

Lather your hands by rubbing them together with the soap. Silently singing the birthday song twice is an easy to remember 20 second timer tool. Wet your hands with clean running water either warm or cold. Apply soap and lather well.

Wet your hands with clean running water warm or cold turn off the tap and apply soap. An easy way to time it is by singing the full happy birthday song twice. Always cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze or use the inside of your elbow and do not spit. Immediately wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.