What is personal hygiene?
Good personal hygiene is one of the best ways to protect yourself from getting gastro or infectious diseases such as COVID-19, colds and flu. Washing your hands with soap removes germs that can make you ill. Maintaining good personal hygiene will also help prevent you from spreading diseases to other people.
Why is personal hygiene important?
Good hygiene is vital because it helps prevent you and your children from getting or spreading germs and infectious diseases. The germs that cause many diseases can be passed on through touching other people, handling contaminated food, or coming into contact with dirty surfaces or objects.
Week 2: Tips for Improving Workplace Health: Are you taking steps to stay healthy at work? With cold and flu season in its prime, it’s important to take extra precautions to remain healthy and to avoid spreading sickness. Here are four simple #tips for improving your health in your office and workplace. 1. Eat Healthy Starting your morning off right with a filling breakfast is essential to keeping your energy and tummy full! When you fill your meals full with fruits and vegetables, you load your body with vitamins and nutrients that are essential to fighting bacteria and viruses to keep sicknesses at bay. Avoid overeating foods full of sugar and fat and limit the time you spend eating at your desk. 2. Take Breaks You may think that by taking breaks throughout your work day is taking away from the time you could be working. In actuality, by working long hours without a break, is prohibiting you from reaching your full working potential. Spend a few minutes of your day, every few hours, to walk, stretch, and rejuvenate. You’ll be surprised how it helps to manage your stress and boost productivity. 3. Stay Hydrated When the 3pm lull comes around your work day, you’re probably heading to the break room for some much needed caffeine. But wait! Did you know, more often than not, your afternoon crave for caffeine is actually a sign of dehydration? Grab some herbal tea and a large glass of water instead. Remember, you should be drinking 6-8 glasses of water during your work day! To achieve this, always keep a water bottle close and set a goal to refill it at least 5 times before 5pm rolls around. 4. Be Hygienic Hygiene goes a long ways outside of the home. In fact, workplace hygiene is just as important as showering on a regular basis. Avoid talking or coming into contact with coworkers who are or have been sick recently. Ensure you are washing your hands as much as possible. Keep KWIK hand sanitizer accessible on your desk for yourself and office visitors to halt spreading germs. Finally, you should consider spending the last 5 minutes of each day, cleaning your workspace and disinfecting surfaces, especially those used often, like your phone, mouse and keyboard. After all, health is wealth and an apple each day keeps the doctor away! By working in these four simple and easy tips into your workplace, you can help fight sickness and eliminate germs you may come in contact with.
Week 3: Tips How to Disinfect Safely: Clean the surface with soap and water first. Always read the label on disinfecting products to make sure the products can be used on the type of surface you are disinfecting (such as a hard or soft surface, food contact surface, or residual surface). Follow these important safety guidelines when using chemical disinfectants: o Open doors and windows and use fans or HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) settings to increase air circulation in the area. o Wear the recommended protective equipment (for example, gloves or goggles) to protect your skin and eyes from potential splashes. o After you apply the disinfectant to the surface, leave the disinfectant on the surface long enough to kill the germs. This is called the contact/wet time. The surface should stay wet during the entire contact time to make sure germs are killed. o Ensure safe use and proper storage of cleaning and disinfection products, including storing them securely and using PPE needed for the products. o If the product instructions tell you to dilute the product with water, use water at room temperature (unless the label says otherwise). Note: Disinfectants activated or diluted with water may have a shorter shelf life. o Clearly label all cleaning or disinfection solutions. o Store and use chemicals out of the reach of children and animals. o Do not mix products or chemicals with each other as this could be hazardous and change the chemical properties. o Do not eat, drink, or breathe cleaning or disinfection products into your body or apply directly to your skin. These products can cause serious harm. o Do not wipe or bathe pets with any disinfection products. o Immediately after disinfecting, wash your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds. In most cases, fogging, fumigation, and wide-area or electrostatic spraying are not recommended as primary methods of surface disinfection and have several safety risks, unless the product label says these methods can be used.