Washing hands is one action that is easy and inexpensive way to prevent the spread of disease. Our own hands it is often the intermediary of various bacteria to get into our bodies. In order to obtain maximum results, you should know how proper hand washing techniques.

Someone with the flu cover his nose with his hand when sneezing, then holds the handle on the bus, when you hold the handle, the flu bacteria can quickly switch to your hands and if you hold your nose or mouth, germs can get into our bodies. That picture of how easily germs move from one person to another. Diseases such as diarrhea, intestinal worms, Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI), tuberculosis and even deadly diseases such as SARS, avian influenza (H5N1) and swine influenza (H1N1) can be prevented by washing hands properly. Unfortunately, many people who crumble these healthy habits and do not consider it important. And with good hand washing with, your life and family can be healthier.

When When you Hand washing?
Hand washing is generally done just before eating, before preparing food, after handling raw meat, before and after touching a sick person, after using the bathroom, after coughing or sneezing or blowing your nose, after changing diapers or pads, before and after treating wounds, after cleaning or disposing of garbage, after touching animals or animal waste.

You should also teach good hand washing habits to your child this young. A child is happy to learn about and touch things without knowing whether the object is dirty or not. Then put his hand into the mouth or eating without washing hands. As a result the child may suffer from the disease. According to research, child number one killer disease in Indonesia is due to diarrhea, although this can be prevented by teaching children to wash hands.