Fill in the Blanks How to prevent illnessesOnline version How to prevent illnesses through hand hygiene by vandeperre carla 1 warm reduce towel touching dry preparing rinse seconds prepared prevented soap handling alcohol prevent Hand washing is a powerful way to the spread of disease . The World Bank , the United Nations and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine did a study to urge hand washing around the world . They found that one million lives could be saved each year if people washed their hands with often . They said that programs to increase hand washing with soap could be among the most effective ways to infectious disease . Doctors say many diseases can be from spreading by hand washing . These include pinworms , influenza , the common cold , hepatitis A , meningitis and infectious diarrhea . Hand washing destroys germs from other people , animals or objects a person has touched . When people get bacteria on their hands , they can infect themselves by their eyes , nose or mouth . Then these people can infect other people . The experts say the easiest way to catch a cold is to touch your nose or eyes after someone nearby has sneezed or coughed . Another way to become sick is to eat food by someone whose hands were not clean . The experts say that hand washing is especially important before and after food , before eating and after using the toilet . People should wash their hands after animals or animal waste , and after cleaning a baby . The experts say it is also a good idea to wash your hands after handling money and after sneezing or coughing . And it is important to wash your hands often when someone in your home is sick . The experts say the most effective way to wash your hands is to rub them together while using soap and water . They say you do not have to use special antibacterial soap . Be sure to rub all areas of the hands for about ten to fifteen . The rubbing action helps remove germs . Then the hands with water and them . Alcohol - based hand sanitizers are rubbed into the hands and do not require soap and water . Experts say these products must contain at least sixty percent to be effective in killing most bacteria and viruses . Experts also say that people who use public bathrooms and dry their hands with a paper should use the towel to turn off the water . Then , before throwing it away , use the same paper to open the bathroom door s
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