HAND WASHING FACTS
1) 80% of all infectious diseases are caused by touch.
2) Proper hand washing is our first defense against such germs as: Norovirus, Hepatitis A, Influenza and other diarrhea causing viruses.
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3) There are 52 million cases of the common cold each year in the United States.
4) FDA study reveals that proper hand washing stops up to ½ of all foodborne illnesses such as E-coli and Salmonella.
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5) A staggering one out of three Americans skips hand washing after using the bathroom. Kids are worse, in a survey of Junior High School/High School boys and girls, only 58% of girls and 48% of boys do not wash their hands after using the bathroom.
6) Not only is proper hand washing good just for cleanliness sake, it can also save your life. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that proper hand washing nearly halved the incidence of pneumonia related infections in children under five years old worldwide.
7) Hand sanitizers are not a replacement for proper hand washing. It is the friction in the process that helps reduce the number of germs.
8) Hand wash sinks must always be properly stocked; free of soil and bio-film.
9) For people selling food, improper hand washing is deemed as a critical Food Safety violation by Department of Health.
