How to teach your children to wash their hands

Now that cold and flu season begins, we are surrounded by a large number of viruses on a regular basis, regardless of what season it is, not to mention the Coronavirus.

It is clear that washing your hands is the most effective way to prevent germs from spreading.

The problem: Most of us aren't washing our hands at the right time, and we aren't washing them correctly (Yes, there is a right way). This also means that our children most likely won't wash them correctly (or frequently enough).

That is why we want to give you a series of tricks for washing your hands correctly, and that we hope will help you keep your entire family safer and healthier.

These are the key times when you should wash your hands:

This is not a science, basically, think about the times when you are most likely to catch or spread germs, then make sure your hands are clean.

• Whenever you are in contact with food, before, during and after preparing it, as well as before eating it.
• Whenever you are in contact with a sick person, especially when they have vomited or have diarrhea.
• Whenever you are administering first aid, treating a cut or wound.
• Whenever you are in or near the bathroom, when using the bathroom, when changing diapers, or cleaning up a child who has used the bathroom.
• Every time you blow your nose, cough or sneeze.
• Whenever you do something that has to do with animals, that is, after touching them, their food or their waste. That also includes handling pet food and pet treats.
• Whenever you come into contact with garbage or waste.

Here's how to wash your hands properly:

Using clean running water (cold or warm), wet your hands, turn off the faucet, and apply soap.

1. Soap up! Rub your hands with the soap (you can use our bath wash hand ), then rub the back of your hands, between your fingers (between your fingers, up and down!) and under your nails.

IMPORTANT: Don't leave the places that are easy to forget! You can wash by alternately rotating your hand around each thumb to reach the inner and outer areas of the thumb; and rubbing your hands in a circular motion from thumb to pinky, so you don't chip the outside of your hands.

3. Rub for 20 seconds. If you need a timer, you can hum or sing the "Happy Birthday" song twice, or sing the entire alphabet song, this will especially work for children.
4. Rinse your hands under clean running water.
5. Dry your hands with a clean towel or air dry them. Use the clean towel to close the sink and you can also use it to open the bathroom door before hanging the towel.

Some other ideas on how to keep your hands clean:

Some people use a paper to turn on or off the taps and to open the door handles (especially in public bathrooms) or they also use their elbow to open the door or push it since it is true that they are quite dirty.

- Keeping your (and your child's) nails shorter is also a good idea.

- Hand sanitizers can replace hand washing. Specialists recommend that the one you choose contains at least 40% alcohol, like our Hand Spray Sanitizer. or our Hydroalcoholic gel , and rub the correct amount into your hands until they are dry, this usually takes about 20 seconds.

We hope these tips help you keep germs at bay!