Maintaining good personal hygiene is among the most effective defenses against gastrointestinal and infectious disorders such as the flu, and the common cold.
By using soap and water to wash your hands, you can prevent the spread of germs that can make you sick.
When it comes to your own health, basic personal hygiene can also assist protect you from infecting others. A typical personal hygiene consists of following habits:
Every day, washing your face and body
Washing your hands after using the bathroom with soap
Twice daily cleaning of the teeth
When you sneeze or cough, using a tissue (or your sleeve) to cover your mouth and nose
After touching pets and other animals, cleaning your hands
Here's what you can do to reduce the spread of infection through a basic personal hygiene:
Keeping Food In A Safe Environment
Before and after cooking, wash your hands. Thus, you won't be able to contaminate food and won't get sick or spread bacteria from food, such as raw meat
It is no secret that hospitals and other healthcare facilities are breeding grounds for bacteria and viruses. In order to protect patients, it is essential
that medical staff maintain a high level of hygiene at all times. Unfortunately, many healthcare workers do not take the necessary precautions to keep themselves
clean. In this blog post, we will discuss some tips on how to increase the hygiene level of your medical staff. We will also touch on the importance of enforcing
strict hand-washing policies and wearing personal protective equipment (PPE).
1) THEY MUST WEAR SCRUB HATS
One of the most important things that you can do to increase the hygiene level of your medical staff is to make sure that they are wearing scrub hats. Scrub hats
help to keep hair out of patients' wounds and also prevent the spread of bacteria and viruses from the hair to the hands. While it is not mandatory for all medical
staff to wear scrub hats, it is strongly encouraged. Also, be sure to provide clean scrub hats for each shift.