I want to encourage all parents to teach their children handwashing from a young age!
As a surgical RN and as a mom, I have always been a stickler on proper handwashing! Just ask my family!
Good practice starts in the home.
Six seconds is the average length of time people spend washing their hands, according to research. But this is not long enough to effectively remove bacteria.
The most important part of hand washing is using soap, according to Dr Curtis, an expert in hygiene and public health in London. ‘As long as you use soap, it’s quite hard to wash your hands badly. It’s sticky, so you have to wash it off – taking the bacteria with it.’
‘Soap doesn’t kill bacteria, it gets rid of them,’ she says. ‘This is because one end of the soap molecule attaches to water while the other end attaches to dirt (which is where the bacteria will be).
‘So, as you rinse your soap-covered hands, the water strips off the soap, taking the dirt with it.’
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And more visual yet is my friend Jaralee Annice Metcalf‘s handwashing experiment with her students to show why it is so important, I was thrilled because the results were disgusting!
What a great teachable moment it made!
The experiment photos below are so visual and gross you will probably be able to get your kids’ attention with them. And this would be a great home experiment to illuminate just how many germs we carry around on our hands and devices!
When I asked Jaralee if I could share her handwashing experiment photos here on the blog, she agreed.
Jaralee, a behavioral specialist, writes:
We did a science project in class this last month as flu season was starting.
We took fresh bread and touched it.
The result:
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As a behavioral specialist in a classroom setting who is sick and tired of being sick and tired, I say, “Wash your hands! Remind your kids to wash their hands!
And hand sanitizer is not an alternative to handwashing! Not at all!”
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Here are the details we observed:
We do sanitize our Chromebooks, obviously we did not do that for this experiment. I am in no way trying to make Google Chromebooks look bad, all laptops and devices have germs, the amount is based on the person/people using them and not the brand (can’t believe I need to specify this).
We used just plain soap for handwashing. Not antibacterial! We know now that triclosan in antibacterial soaps can increase bacterial resistance to antibiotics.
For those that would like to try this handwashing experiment at home, here is the link.
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Wait, there’s another proven measure everyone can take to keep cold and flu virus at bay!
Washing your hands is easy, and it’s one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of germs. Clean hands can stop germs from spreading from one person to another and throughout an entire community—from your home and workplace to childcare facilities and hospitals.
Follow these five steps every time (source):
Why? Read the science behind the recommendations.
You can help yourself and your loved ones stay healthy by washing your hands often, especially during these key times when you are likely to get and spread germs:
So whether it’s cold and flu season or not, start young to teach your children to wash their hands! It starts with us modeling it.
Forget hand sanitizer – It’s not a good alternative to simple handwashing! We know not that triclosan in antibacterial soap increases bacterial resistance to antibiotics.
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So interesting about the humidifier… I never would have thought. I did hear someone say to put a couple drops of grapefruit seed extract into a humidifier to purify the air. I wonder if it would be any better than running a diffuser with thieves?
Elicia, I love that idea and also love that GSE is good for keeping mold down in the water! It is brilliant really and could be added to Thieves or used alone! Thank you for the idea!
I think I will go add 2 drops to ours now! 😀
Blessings, ~J
Jaqueline….
This is not very relevant to this specific post, but I am trying to find any info you may have on Functional Ovarian Cysts…. my 15 year old daughter has one and I really would like to know any natural remedies for shrinking/preventing more of these. I know the Dr suggestion will probably include birth control pills, I would prefer to avoid that!
Hoping you get back to me…
Sata
I will email you now, Sara! ~J
Hi the Jacqueline..i am intrigued by your website and would like to know more about how you deal with Lyme disease. Could you please email me? Thanks.
Hi, Yolanda! Yes, we (our family) have had advanced Lyme Disease, and can gratefully say now we do not! Our prions are also completely gone!
I will email you now! ~J
As always, this is such a good post. I would add one thing on your instructions for hand washing. After drying your hands (in a public restroom) use a paper towel to turn off the faucet and also to open the door. If there is not a trash bin near the door, keep ahold of the paper and find a bin. I work in a hospital and am annoyed that many trash bins have a lid that you have to push. So unsanitary!
Yes, Jeannette! I totally agree! I will put this on a list to add. It makes me realize how many times I’ve opened a BR door with my foot if I have to and then find a trash can outside the BR! 😀 God bless you!
~J
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