{"id":3315,"date":"2020-04-20T12:12:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T19:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/?p=3315"},"modified":"2020-04-20T12:12:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T19:12:33","slug":"what-you-should-know-about-washing-your-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/what-you-should-know-about-washing-your-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"What you should know about washing your hands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During this global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever to wash your hands. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have outlined beneficial information about when to wash your hands, how to wash your hands, and what to do if you don&#8217;t have access to soap and water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CDC Recommendations: When and How  to Wash Your Hands<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/handwashing\/when-how-handwashing.html\" class=\"aioseop-link\">Article from the CDC website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Times to Wash Hands<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>You can help yourself and your loved ones stay healthy by washing your hands often, especially during these key times when you are likely to get and spread germs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Before, during,&nbsp;<\/strong>and<strong>&nbsp;after<\/strong>&nbsp;preparing food<\/li><li><strong>Before<\/strong>&nbsp;eating food<\/li><li><strong>Before&nbsp;<\/strong>and<strong>&nbsp;after&nbsp;<\/strong>caring for someone at home who is sick with vomiting or diarrhea<\/li><li><strong>Before&nbsp;<\/strong>and<strong>&nbsp;after<\/strong>&nbsp;treating a cut or wound<\/li><li><strong>After<\/strong>&nbsp;using the toilet<\/li><li><strong>After<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/healthywater\/hygiene\/diapering\/index.html\" class=\"aioseop-link\">changing diapers or cleaning up a child who has used the toilet<\/a><\/li><li><strong>After&nbsp;<\/strong>blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing<\/li><li><strong>After<\/strong>&nbsp;touching an animal, animal feed, or animal waste<\/li><li><strong>After&nbsp;<\/strong>handling pet food or pet treats<\/li><li><strong>After<\/strong>&nbsp;touching garbage<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>During the COVID-19 pandemic, you should also clean hands:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>After you have been in a public place and touched an item or surface that may be frequently touched by other people, such as door handles, tables, gas pumps, shopping carts, or electronic cashier registers\/screens, etc.<\/li><li>Before touching your eyes, nose, or mouth because that\u2019s how germs enter our bodies.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Follow Five Steps to Wash Your Hands the Right Way<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Washing your hands is easy, and it\u2019s one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of germs. Clean hands can stop germs from spreading from one person to another and throughout an entire community\u2014from your home and workplace to childcare facilities and hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow these five steps every time<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Wet<\/strong>&nbsp;your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold), turn off the tap, and apply soap.<\/li><li><strong>Lather<\/strong>&nbsp;your hands by rubbing them together with the soap. Lather the backs of your hands, between your fingers, and under your nails.<\/li><li><strong>Scrub<\/strong>&nbsp;your hands for at least 20 seconds. Need a timer? Hum the \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d song from beginning to end twice.<\/li><li><strong>Rinse<\/strong>&nbsp;your hands well under clean, running water.<\/li><li><strong>Dry<\/strong>&nbsp;your hands using a clean towel or air dry them.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/handwashing\/show-me-the-science-handwashing.html\"><strong>Why? Read the science behind the recommendations.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Information from NWC Naturals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the coming weeks we will discuss what to do when you don&#8217;t have access to soap and water, and what you can do to soothe dry, cracked hands. Stay tuned and stay healthy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During this global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever to wash your hands. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have outlined beneficial information about when to wash your hands, how to wash your hands, and what to do if you don&#8217;t have access to soap and water. CDC <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/what-you-should-know-about-washing-your-hands\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,264,106,165],"tags":[271,275,265,277,276],"class_list":["post-3315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19","category-flu-cold","category-immune-system","category-monthly-awareness","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-flu","tag-virus","tag-wash-your-hands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3315"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3334,"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3315\/revisions\/3334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}