- Each year, the first full week of December is National Hand Washing Awareness week.
- Making a habit of good hand hygiene is an easy, effective way to prevent infections and sicknesses.
- Some may think they don’t need to wash their hands, but check out some of these statistics:
- 80% of communicable diseases can be transferred by touch (person-to-person contact)
- Pneumonia is the number one cause of childhood death, and is preventable by regular hand washing
- The two most important times to wash your hands are before and after preparing food, and after going to the bathroom
- Studies show that people who wash their hands have 24% less sick days because of respiratory illness, and 51% fewer sick days due to a sick stomach
