How many times did your mother tell you to do it? How many thousands of times?
“Wash your hands!”
Now, in this time of pandemic peril, everyone from U.S. President Barack Obama, to the World Health Organization, to leading infection control experts are repeating that exasperated motherly plea.
“It has been proven time and time again that handwashing is the easiest way to stop (infection) transmission,” said Bhagirath Singh, head of infectious disease with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. “And it is so simple. It is not a complicated issue. Soap and water will do the trick.”
For the complete news item, please visit http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/627147
un poste especialmente para dejar las bicicletasun poste especialmente para dejar las bicicletas Las mejores y más novedosas tonterías actualizadas diariamente. Fotos, videos y muchas cosas gra…20palabras, periódico pensado desde y para dispositivos móviles20palabras, periódico pensado desde y para dispositivos móviles Javier Penalva [...]
MORE:
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/news/fsnews.cfm?newsid=32783
- BARFBLOG: Employees must wash hands – (barfblog)
If you think the 10 commandments being posted in a school is going to change behavior of children, then you think Employees Must Wash Hands is k...
- BARFBLOG: Employees must wash hands – (barfblog)
If you think the 10 commandments being posted in a school is going to change behavior of children, then you think Employees Must Wash Hands is k...
- INDIA: 1 in 5 Indians doesnt wash hands before eating – (DNA (Daily News & Analysis))
KOLKATA– The next time someone offers you something to eat, be wary lest you catch an infection.
A survey conducted by the Global Hygiene Counci...
- ONTARIO: Canadians are not practicing what they preach when it comes to hygiene – (from a press release)
TORONTO — An international survey on hygiene practices has shown that for the third consecutive year, Canada tops the charts when it comes to kn...
- How well do you wash your hands? – (WUSA.com)
The number one cause of food contamination in restaurants is contaminated, unwashed hands.
To help combat that problem, The Clyde’s Restaurant G...
- NEW ZEALAND: Problems in the wash – (Otago Daily Times)
By now, most of us may have heard about singing “Happy Birthday” when we wash our hands. Two verses are required, apparently. That takes a...
- SINGAPORE: 10% of toilet users don’t wash their hands – (The Straits Times)
Student Judia Ngo, 21, walks out of the toilet cubicle, looks into the mirror and fixes her hair.
She then leaves the loo - without doing what mothers...
- LETTER: Wash your hands before each meal! – (New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/01/opinion/lweb03hands.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin
clean your hands by plunging them in the suds.
V. K. B...
- TORONTO: CFIA told to warn public about tainted meat days before advisory – (CBC News)
Toronto health officials told Canada’s food inspection agency to warn the public several days before it announced a link between Maple Leaf deli...
- NEW ZEALAND: Dunedinites urged to wash hands – (Newstalk ZB)
Otago District Health Board is relying on people to wash their hands to help prevent the spread of norovirus.
A further four patients and four staff h...
- ‘Angry’ Man Utd fan kills four in bus attack
Police in Nigeria have told CNN that a man “angered” by Manchester United’s defeat to Barcelona in the final of the Champions League...
- BARFBLOG: Dude, wash your hands researchers required – (barfblog)
Handwashing compliance has been identified as a significant factor in reducing foodborne, hospital-acquired and other infectious disease. People say t...
- CANADA: Listeria reporting rule dropped before crisis – (Toronto Star)
Four months before the Maple Leaf outbreak started claiming lives, Canada’s food safety agency quietly dropped its rule requiring meat-processin...
- CANADA: Health chief defends wait to warn public of listeria – (Toronto Star)
Canada’s chief public health officer says he is satisfied with how his agency handled the recent listeria outbreak, despite a month-long delay b...
- Wash your hands after you do your business! – (WordPress.com)
http://luigicappel.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/wash-your-hands-after-you-do-your-business/
This is really a story about mens hygiene in the bathroom, b...
- BARFBLOG: Washing your hands, California style – (barfblog)
Doug and I are in L.A. for a few days and Ive appreciated the prominent handwashing signs in public and private lavatories. This one comes from the ...
- iFSN: Dude, wash your hands – (International Food Safety Network)
Proper handwashing with the proper tools — soap, water and paper towel — can significantly reduce the number of foodborne and other illnes...
- TORONTO takes on feds, province, issues own food safety agenda – (barfblog)
I hear from local public health officials all the time, and the ones in Canada repeatedly say the single food inspection agency — known creative...
- SCOTLAND: Hand-washing is vital in battle against infection – (Glasgow Daily Record)
The most important thing anyone can do in attempting to control infection is to ensure they wash their hands regularly, effectively and efficiently.
T...
- Boys get one out of ten for hand washing – (NewsScotsman.com)
A survey of 1,000 parents, teachers and school nurses has revealed 91 per cent of boys do not clean their hands properly. Only 32 per cent of girls fa...
