Global Hand Washing Day is an international hand washing promotion campaign to motivate and mobilize people around the world to improve their hand washing habits. Washing hands at critical points both during the day and washing with soap are important. In 2008, Global Handwashing Day was celebrated for the first time.
Check your general awareness about this key habit of hygiene.
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Global Handwashing Day Quiz
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Global Handwashing Day Quiz
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#1. Hand hygiene is the single most important intervention to prevent healthcare-associated infections.
#2. Washing your hands reduces getting diarrhoea by up to:
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#3. When washing your hands, you should scrub them for at least
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#4. Which is best, hand sanitizer or soap and water?
#5. Arrange the following handwashing steps in proper order. (A) Apply soap. (B) Rinse your hands and arms thoroughly under running water. (C) Vigorously scrub hands and arms for at least 20 seconds. (D) Dry hands and arms with a single-use paper towel or warm-air hand dryer. (E) Wet your hands with running water as hot as you can comfortably stand (at least 38?C/100?F).
#6. Antibacterial hand sanitizers kill germs more effectively than traditional soap?
#7. When is Global Handwashing Day observed every year?
#8. Who is known as the Father of Hand Hygiene?
After Semmelweis initiated a mandatory hand-washing policy, the mortality rate for women delivered by doctors fell from 18 per cent to 2 per cent – the same as it was for midwives. When he began washing medical instruments, it fell to just 1 per cent. (newscientist.com)
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#9. How long do germs survive on your hands?
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