Washing hands well with soap can help prevent:
- diarrheal disease
- respiratory infections
- intestinal worms
- skin infections
- eye infections
How to wash hands properly:
- Watch this video for funny, kid friendly explanation
- You must use soap
- Rub soap all over hands and past wrists for 20 seconds (sing ABC song twice)
- Be careful to rub soap on backs of hands, between fingers, and under nails
- Avoid touching unclean surfaces after washing hands
When to wash hands:
- Before cooking, serving, or eating food
- After handling raw meat
- Before harvesting produce
- After using the bathroom
- After touching animals or their waste
- After changing diapers
- Before and after caring for sick people
- When hands look dirty
- Before touching face or eyes