Handwashing

When to Wash Your Hands

• Before, during, and after preparing food

• Before eating food

• Before and after caring for someone at home who is sick with vomiting or diarrhea

• Before and after treating a cut or wound

• After using the toilet

• After changing diapers or cleaning up a child who has used the toilet

• After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing

• After touching an animal, animal feed, or animal waste

• After handling pet food or pet treats

• After touching garbage

Glitter Germ Activity for Kids--Using glitter lotion kids can see how germs are transferred to different surfaces, and how to clean thoroughly.

Teaching Children About Handwashing--discusses the importance of teaching kids the proper way to wash their hands to prevent the spread of viruses.

Handwashing: A Family Activity--Handwashing is an easy, cheap, and effective way to prevent the spread of germs and keep kids and adults healthy. When your family is healthy, you don’t have to worry about missing school, work, or other activities.

Handwashing Procedure for Adults & Older Children--Learn the steps of an effective handwashing procedure for adults and older children. Visit www.ndchildcare.org to learn more.

Which is better: Soap or Hand Sanitizer?--Dig into the science of how soap breaks down a coronavirus, and the effectiveness of hand sanitizer against a viral outbreak.

Your hands, up close, are anything but smooth. With peaks and valleys, folds and rifts, there are plenty of hiding places for a virus to stick. If you then touch your face, the virus can infect you. But there are two extraordinarily simple ways you can keep that from happening: soap and water, and hand sanitizer. So which is better? Alex Rosenthal and Pall Thordarson investigate.

Here’s How to Use Hand Sanitizer Properly--Is hand sanitizer actually effective against coronavirus and the seasonal flu? Is it safe for young children? Here’s what concerned parents need to know.