Hand hygiene: specialists remind people to wash hands after touching shared objects
A foreign media outlet has compiled ten things after touching or using which it is worth washing your hands. Specialists note that microorganisms can persist on shared objects and help infections spread.
Hand hygiene after contact with shared objects is the topic of a compilation by a foreign media outlet, reported on 13 November by the Latvian newspaper Latvijas Avīze. The outlet gathered ten things after using or touching which it is worth taking care of hand cleanliness.
What people touch every day
In daily life, people touch countless items. The examples named in the article are money, door handles, smartphones, public transport handrails and various surfaces in public places. People often do not stop to think how many others have used these surfaces before them.
Why it matters
Microorganisms can survive on such objects. If they get onto the hands and a person then touches their face or food, this can help infections spread. For that reason, specialists advise paying particular attention to hand hygiene after contact with shared objects.
The published material stresses that this concerns ordinary everyday situations in which people often notice nothing unusual. Washing hands after touching frequently handled surfaces is one way to reduce the transfer of microorganisms to the face or to food.
The reminder comes from a foreign media compilation that Latvijas Avīze republished in its health section. The source says the list covers ten specific things after which hands should be washed without fail, but the portion of the text available here does not include that list.
