This is how you should be washing your hands (according to health experts)

3. When to wash your hands

Now that you know exactly how to wash your hands, you should know exactly when to wash your hands. It is just as important. Before, during, and after preparing food: to prevent diarrhea and other illnesses.

Also, don’t forget to keep the surfaces where you prepare your food properly clean – cutting boards and kitchen counters. Before eating food: this is a basic rule that most people already follow.

Nonetheless, it is worth pointing out that when you eat at a restaurant, you should wash your hands right before your meal arrives to make sure you won’t touch anything else before eating – like the restaurant’s menu.

Before and after treating a wound: to prevent infection. Before and after caring for someone sick with infectious disease: it is the best way to prevent you from also being infected.

In this case, you should also take other sanitary precautions. After using the restroom: this one goes without saying. After coughing, sneezing, or blowing your nose: you should always cough or sneeze directly into your inner elbow and wash your hands after to prevent germs from rapidly spreading and contaminate those around you.

After putting out the trash: obviously. After touching an animal: animals, animal waste, and animal food are filled with bacteria that can sometimes be dangerous for humans. Now that you know everything about handwashing, start putting that knowledge into practice for the sake of your health and the health of those around you. Oh, and whenever you see someone using a wrong handwashing technique, teach them the right way to do it!