Washing your hands: How to do it correctly?

Everywhere they say that to prevent coronavirus the most important thing is to wash your hands… Are you doing it right?

Viruses and bacteria are invisible to the human eye, which is why some people fail to understand how is it that something as simple as basic hand hygiene.

However, it is a custom that saves lives. Since humanity has known how to get rid of germs through this type of hygiene, life expectancy has been extended.

How to wash your hands correctly?

Many people wash their hands lightly and in the end they are just as dirty, so much so that even the towel comes out black after drying. Doing it that way is useless. you have to follow these 11 steps

  1. Wet your hands with water.
  2. Put enough soap in the palm of your hand to cover the surface of both hands.
  3. Rub your palms together.
  4. Rub the palm of your right hand against the back of your left hand, interlocking your fingers and vice versa.
  5. Rub your palms together, fingers intertwined.
  6. Rub the backs of the fingers of one hand with the palm of the opposite hand, grasping the fingers.
  7. Rub your left thumb in a rotating motion, trapping it in the palm of your right hand and vice versa.
  8. Rub the tips of the fingers of the right hand against the left hand, making a rotating movement and vice versa.
  9. Rinse your hands with water.
  10. Dry your hands with a disposable towel.
  11. Use the towel to turn off the faucet.

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With information from: paho