DAILY CONTEST#5:TELLING ME HOW IMPORTANT HAND WASHING IS TO YOUR HEALTH (WASHING YOUR HAND WITH SOAP AND WATER)

Hello steemians , trust you are good. Am so excited to have my self participating in the contest in this wonderful community @shc I also want to use this medium to thank @shc-curators for putting up this educative and health caring contest.

I will begin by definition of hand washing
WHAT IS HAND WASHING???
Hand washing ,can be said to be a removal of dirt and harmful bacteria in our hands that may cause Illnesses of different kinds .

HOW TO WASH YOUR HANDS???
When considering to Wash your hands you should consider this 5 basic steps .

1. WETTING YOUR HANDS WITH RUNNING OR FLOWING WATER: So many persons think water is water in the sense you can use any kind d of water to Wash your hand, but that impression is very wrong because having used stagnant water which may be conterminated it may remove physical stains which could be seen with the eyes but will definitely leave back more harmful bacterias that may cause more harmful Illnesses
   

2. APPLY SOAP ON YOUR HANDS:Most people do just rinsing of hands and assume it to be hand washing. But hand washing implies the use of soap and running water.
   

3. RUBBING YOUR HANDS THOROUGHLY:This very step i consider the most important because you have to rub your habds to each other and also the fingers for about 15 to 20 secs in other to kill some harmful bacterias.

1. RINSING OF HANDS:This is the final step to washing of hands where by you put on again the tap or running water, and rinse off your soapy hands.

1. DRY WITH CLEAN HAND TOWEL: This I consider to be optional cause everyone does it, but I will advise we dry our hands after watching with dry clean hand towel.

IMPORTANCE OF HAND WASHING

1. By washing our hands we stop the spread of germs.
2. By washing our hand we reduce the spread of infections.
3. Effective hand washing prevents Illnesses and sicknesses (diarrhea).

WHEN TO WASH YOUR HAND???
Washing of hand is to be done
*Before and after food contact.
*After using the bathroom or toilet.
*After coughing, sneezing etc.
*After coming in contacts with wounds.

At this point I will be inviting @sovega, @febby001 @kelvincole to partake in this wonderful contest.
And once more thank you @shc for sharing this wonderful opportunity to learn and be learnt from.

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