How do you ensure proper hand washing?

Hi dear u r very right that hand washing is very important and must be taken care of, well i wash my hand before eating anything and i try to avoid to use public phone and public utensils. after i use wah room , i wash my hand with soap and same i do = before and after meal. to kids try to educate them importance of it and try to make them as habit Take care

An effective hand wash lasts atleast 20 seconds. So, at the kindergarten I teach, we sing a handwash song that takes 20 seconds and the kids enjoy the singing more and don't realize they've just washed their hands in the process.

Hi mimpi, how are you. Your discussion indeed is very important as it is connected to our day to day life. I am thankful to my parents who had at very young age taught us the importance of hygiene in our life and I have been always using dettol soap for washing hands and I always add few drops of dettol liquid in water before bath.This has really helped us a lot. But still when we are in public we cannot 100% avoid contact with germs. All that we can do is to be sure that we have washed our hands with disinfectant before we touch anything that we are going to eat or drink so that we can prevent germs to enter into our body because all the problem will start only when germs enter into our blood. I think mimpi, what is most important is the awareness of importance of hygiene in our life. If one knows why you have to be clean, then definitely he and his family knows about it and chance of getting sick is less. Educating people about hygiene importance should be compulsory specially for rural areas where mostly people are uneducated and indulge in more labour work........... Have a nice day.

I've read something about how long one should do the hand washing. It says that when the "Birthday song" ends, then the proper hand washing is done. I even tried it on my nieces and nephew when they stayed at our house one summer vacation. I've noticed that they barely touch the soap. And they're done with hand washing in just a few seconds. When I couldn't take it anymore, I supervised their hand washing and made sure that they have thoroughly scrubbed their fingers up to the wrists. I sure hope that they still do it today. In my case, I wash my hands twice. I make the soap all bubbly and make sure that I didn't miss a spot. Then, sometimes I use some sanitizer after even washing my hands. With my son, I teach him the way I've taught my nieces. He's still struggling sometimes as if he's starting to get bored with all the scrubbing.hehehe. And when he resists, I start singing him the Dora the Explorer song. My husband who works in the medical field washes his hands, even up to his forearms. And that leaves the sink, even the floors all wet!

I believe it's a parents job to teach their children the proper way to do it. Children will understand if their parents keep teaching, that goes with anything. I was at a McDonalds one time, went in the ladies room. As I was getting ready to exit a worker from Mcdonald's was ready to leave too. She did't wash her hands!!!!!! I made a phone call to the manager. I have stopped going to fast food places and rarely go anywhere to eat anymore after seeing that.

I always wash my hands when I come home from grocery shopping. Or if I've used public transport or had to shake hands with somebody. I use warm water and soap and wash as many times as it takes to sing happy bithday to you a couple of times. This is not being silly but about health. Since I started making a point of doing that I've found that I have far fewer colds. After all you don't know who had that shopping cart or shopping basket before you. You don't know if they had a cold or the flu. You don't know if they washed their hands after going to the bathroom and so on.

Very pertinent post! Washing hands is very important and I agree with you that it must be taught to kids, when they are quite young. I always tell my kids to wash hands before every meal. I have kept a liquid soap for their convenience. We do not serve them meals, till they confirm that they have washed their hands. I also follow the same approach, whenever I come back home, I make it a point to wash my hands and do not take anything without doing so. You never know how much dust particles remain present in the atmoshphere and they get stick to our hands and fingers.

I was taught to sing Happy Birthday while I am washing my hands. At the end of the song the hands have been cleaned the way they should be. I also wash my hands and between my fingers around my wrist and a small way up my arm. There are kids in the after school program that do a great job of washing their hands and do it the right way. As far as how to get the kids to wash their hands properly at first you have to make a game out of it. Than after a while it will become a habit for them.

Hi Mimpi, I think proper hand washing takes time and... soap. Washing with just plain washing is really not enough - though it might give you an illusion that it is enough especially if your hands and fingers are not oily. It is best to get anti-bacterial soap for washing. To ensure that the small ones wash their hands and wash them right, you have to lead my examples. When they see the adults doing, they will naturally emulate. Cheers!

I wish there were a way to make some adults understand! We do not have children, but with them it is important to be consistent and positive. For instance, instead of saying "Your hands are dirty! Why didn't you wash them? Go wash them now" I would say, "Now is a time when we need clean hands. Do you remember how to wash your hands correctly? When you have finished then you will be presentable. Everyone will say what a good job you did!" Of course that takes time, but not as much time as having to deal with a sick kid.

With all the peoople on earth you can't really ensure proper hand washing. I've heard where they did video monitoring where alot of guys did not wash their hands in public restrooms. I just like my hands being clean naturally. I just do it out of habit.

I have taught my kids to always use soap and to sing a little song while scrubbing - for example Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. That way the a washing their hands throughly. I always instill in them to wash before eating, even if it's just a snack. I also make them wash if when have gone to the park, mall or after coming home from school. It must work because my kids are rarely sick.

the medical pros save to throughly rub your hands together using warm water and a good soap for as long as it would take you to sing the Happy Birthday song.so thats a pleasant way to be sure you wash long enought to get really clean.This would be a fun way to get kids to wash long enough as most people like the Birthday song anyway. lol