BARFBLOG: Proper handwashing requires proper tools - (barfblog)
October 14, 2007 – 10:41 pmThe Manhattan — Kansas, that is — Mercury today looked into ongoing problems at local schools and the continuing spread of staph infections.
http://www.themercury.com/News/article.aspx?articleId=c51cdb8e528249fcaf823d55d23d1081).
The Riley County Health Department found that a couple of schools, including MHS West, lacked soap and paper towels.
http://www.themercury.com/News/article.aspx?articleId=96a014b965824dd2b54d119501105bf6
So I wrote this to the local paper:
Proper handwashing is the most effective way to control the spread of infectious diseases, including avian influenza, norovirus, and the staphylococcus apparently running through Manhattan High School’s west campus (Taking the temperature of problems in the West Campus building, Oct. 14/07).
But proper handwashing requires access to the proper tools.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimates that up to 25 per cent of the 76 million annual cases of foodborne illness in the U.S. could be eliminated with proper handwashing.
Based on the available evidence, proper handwashing consists of:
wet hands with water;
use soap;
lather all over hands by scrubbing vigorously, creating friction, reaching […]
MORE:
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/news/fsnews.cfm?newsid=21927
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