{"id":453,"date":"2017-04-15T20:11:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T20:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/?p=453"},"modified":"2021-09-17T05:57:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T09:57:30","slug":"why-hand-washing-is-so-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/why-hand-washing-is-so-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Why hand washing is so important?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Good handwashing protects against the spread of many illnesses &#8211; from the common cold (which is responsible for 22 million lost school days each year), to more serious illnesses such as meningitis, flu, hepatitis A, and more types of infectious diarrhea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kids do not always wash their hands after using the bathroom, before eating, or when they come inside from playing. It is a message worth repeating, hand washing is by far the best way to keep kids from getting sick and prevent germs from spreading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Germs can spread in many ways, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li class=\"li1\">touching dirty hands<\/li><li class=\"li1\">on contaminated surfaces<\/li><li class=\"li1\">contaminated water and food<\/li><li class=\"li1\">through droplets in the air released during a cough or sneeze<\/li><li class=\"li1\">through contact with a sick person&#8217;s body fluids<\/li><li class=\"li1\">changing dirty diapers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When kids come into contact with germs, they can unknowingly become infected simply by touching their nose, eyes, or mouth. And it is usually just a matter of time, once infected, before the whole family comes down with the same illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/FKSG-Post-20212-1024x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/FKSG-Post-20212-1024x204.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/FKSG-Post-20212-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/FKSG-Post-20212-768x153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/FKSG-Post-20212-1536x306.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/FKSG-Post-20212-2048x408.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Teach your kids how to wash hands correctly or better yet, wash your hands together so they learn how important this good habit is:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span class=\"s1\">Wash your hands in warm running water (make sure the water is not too hot for little hands).\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"s1\">Apply soap and lather well for about 20 seconds (antibacterial soap is not necessary, any soap will do). Make sure you get the backs of your hands, your wrists, between your fingers and under your fingernails.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"s1\">Rinse well under running water and make sure all traces of soap are removed then dry well with a clean towel (give each family member their own towel and wash the towels often).<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Make regular hand washing a rule (to minimize the germs passed around your family)<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>for everyone, especially:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li class=\"li6\"><span class=\"s1\">after using the bathroom<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li6\"><span class=\"s1\">eating and cooking<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li6\"><span class=\"s1\">after cleaning around the house<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li6\"><span class=\"s1\">after being outside<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li6\"><span class=\"s1\">after touching animals, including family <span class=\"s4\">pets<\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"li6\"><span class=\"s1\">before and after visiting or taking care of any sick friends or relatives<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li6\"><span class=\"s1\">after blowing one&#8217;s nose, coughing, or sneezing<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The few seconds you spend at the sink could save you trips to the doctor&#8217;s office, do not underestimate the power of handwashing<span class=\"s1\">!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good handwashing protects against the spread of many illnesses &#8211; from the common cold (which is responsible for 22 million lost school days each year), to more serious illnesses such as meningitis, flu, hepatitis A, and more types of infectious diarrhea. Kids do not always wash their hands after using the bathroom, before eating, or&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/why-hand-washing-is-so-important\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why hand washing is so important?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[225,485,528,802,940],"class_list":["post-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-body-fluids","tag-hand","tag-illness","tag-sick","tag-washing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5489,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions\/5489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}