Times Online University Guide 2008
Times Online University guide 2008
Purell Hand Sanitizer For Any In Other Cases
It's common knowledge these days that colds and flu spread by air and by physical contact with people who are carrying the germs. Strange as it may seem it's easier to pick up disease germs by shaking hands than by kissing. Purell can help minimize the danger of shaking hands.
Shaking hands may be more dangerous in the rapidity with which it spreads germs without the wearing of disposable gloves. But kissing has its own dangers. You never know what kissing might lead to.
Many a parent has looked around at a houseful of kids and a lawn that needed to be mowed and a thirty-year mortgage and remembered that it all started with a kiss. There's not much any hand cleaning product can do for you once you climb aboard that runaway train. However, many parents look at their little darlings and realize they have created a mob of little germ carriers. It's never too early to teach them the importance of washing their hands
Anyone who works in a hospital knows the importance of washing before eating. Even if you are just a janitor or a chaplain or something totally non-medical, your orientation will probably include horrifying movies. These films are made in the same spirit as the ones they used to show in Driver Education classes before they were outlawed as cruel and unusual punishment.
While not exactly great art, these films very convincingly tell the tale of what happens when an unsuspecting hospital worker touches something that had been in contact with a horrifying, contagious disease. This careless unsuspecting soul then fails to wash before lunch. It's not exactly giving away the surprise ending to say that the unwashed worker contracts the deadly disease and suffers horribly.
health care workers as well as people who work in restaurants and food processing plants learn the Happy Birthday hand-washing rule. The rule says that hands should be rubbed vigorously with hot water and soap for as long as it takes to sing Happy Birthday twice. It should not be sung quickly like you can't wait to get some cake. Sing it slowly like you are embarrassing someone you love in a public venue.
After a fresh batch of new hires sees the hand-washing horror movie, the employee restrooms sound like one big birthday party. That's good as far as it goes but even hospital employees don't have access to hot water and soap everywhere they go. Fortunately many heath care facilities and other public places make available dispensers of antibacterial products for general use.
Grocery stores have started providing little disposable wipes for you to clean the handle of your grocery cart. While you're at it, why not grab a couple extra and give your hands a good cleaning. Most people do not wash their hands every time they touch money, cough, sneeze, blow their nose, pet a dog or shake hands with somebody.
But since those are only a few of the many opportunities you find in a day to pick up nasty bacteria, any time you can kill a few germs is a good time without havig to wear disposable gloves. While you're in the store you might want to purchase a few boxes of those little wipey things to keep in your car. And stock up on Purell in a variety of sizes.
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