The importance of a small gestureIt seems to be lie, but there is a very simple gesture that helps avoid the flu. It takes around 15 seconds and all of us can use it. This is about a method that, besides anything else, doens't need any special equipment or training. But it'spowerful enough to keep us away from the dangerous germs. This process consists, very simply, on...
washing the hands. Althoug the evidents and very well demonstrated benefits of washing the hands, lots of people still doesn'tt do it as many times they should do. It's very easy to prove this fact, observing how many people have a sit in the restaurantes without washing the hands. We well know the amount of persistence is necessary to convince our children to regularly wash their hands at home. And what is gonna happen in the schools and in the nurseries?
The science confirms A north american hard-made study, confirmed the importace of the act of washing the hands to avoid the viruses flu. To demonstrate this fact, the group of investigators shared the children and the educators of a nursery into two groups. One of them followed a common cleaning habit, while the other used a more intensive method for the hand washing. The volunteers of the second group also received some special instructions. They should wash their hands during almost 10 to 15 seconds, rub their hands together until the soop make balls and use a soap bottle, as the germs can survive and reproduce themselves in a bar of soap. The experience result was that the group that was using this second method saw a significantreduce of flu among their members. So, it was easy to conclued that washing the hands very well, and often, avoids the flu. The investigationcoordinator also criated a method thatvisualizes what happens to the germs when we wash our hands. She mixed colored particles with jelly and asked the children to imagine that the particles were germs. Then, the children dived their hands into the gelly and washed them. It was easy to verify that, even after all the jelly has desappeared, some coloredparticles were still left on the skin. To remove them, it was necessary to wash the hands more intensively. The children learned, this way, to carefullywash their hands until all the germs have desappeared.
Make the hygiene an objectiveIf the skin of your hands gets much dry because of the often and intensewashing, use a lotion or amoisturizer. At home, in the nurseries and schools, thesinks are, in the majority of the times, too high for the children to wash their hands. The situation is easily solved when putting enough amount in the ground. When choosing a nursery, it's important to know the ones whoobligate the children to wash their hands many times a day and the oneswho just advise before the meals. It's also necessary to verify if the area where the meals are served are well far away from the other areas. The toys are another important part of the hygiene. At home and in the nurseries, the plastictoys must be often washed and the ones of plush once in a week.
How to wash the handsA practical method to wash the hands must satisfy the following points: Use liquidsoop and current water; Rub your hands together intensively while you wash them; Wash all the surface (including theback of your hands, the wrists, the space between the fingers and on the nails); Let the water run until all the soop has been removed; Clean the hands with a sanitary napkin; In cases of public sanitary, turn the faucet off using a sanitary napkin.
A kind of gameTeach using the example. Wash the hands with your children and guide them with a correct washing. Put some advises on thebathroom walls in the same level of their eyes.
Make this a gameNext to the sinks, put a card where your children can notice when they wash their hands during the day. Stablish objectives defyning how many times the childrt wash daily. Offer awards when the childrenreach the programmedobjective during an specifc number of days.