HOW TO WASH YOUR HANDS PROPERLY

INSTRUCTIONS AND TIPS FOR CLEAN HANDS You know that washing your hands is important, but do you know how to choose the right soap and which hand creams will prevent unnecessary drying of your hands?

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Frequent Hand Washing Is The Best Protection
Which Is The Best Soap And Hand Cream?
Hand Soap Or Disinfectants?
Additional Tips For Beautiful Hands

Frequent Hand Washing
Is The Best Protection

It's not said in vain that cleanliness is half of health - as many as 80% of diseases are transmitted by hands. Just think about how many objects we touch every day and how many people we come into contact with through handshakes and hugs. The surface of our hands is not sterile - microorganisms that are permanent "residents" of our skin are found on it. That's why regular hand washing is so important. However, only proper hand washing will prevent the spread of most infectious diseases that can be transmitted by dirty hands. Find out how to wash your hands properly!

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The most effective means of cleaning hands are soap and water. In case soap and water are not available, you can also wash your hands with preparations containing disinfectants.

Step by step to clean hands

Remove rings and other jewelry

Wet your hands with water
Preferably warm, but not hot to avoid damaging the skin

Lather your hands with liquid soap
You can also use regular soap, but make sure it's on a base where water can drain

Rub your hands thoroughly for 30 seconds
Palms, back of hands, skin between fingers, nails and wrists

Rinse your hands under water

Dry and wipe your hands
Use a dry and clean towel without excessive rubbing. Cotton towel should only be used for wiping one person's hands

IMPORTANT!
If washing hands in a public restroom, dry your hands and close the faucet with a paper towel, avoiding direct contact between hands and faucet. When leaving the restroom, avoid touching surrounding surfaces

After washing, use hand creams
To prevent skin dryness

When Must We Wash Our Hands?

Frequent hand washing is the best protection. Be sure to wash your hands before: eating and preparing food, breastfeeding and feeding a child, before touching your mouth, nose or eyes, as well as contact with a sick person. Also wash your hands after: using the toilet, returning home from outside, blowing your nose, coughing and sneezing, changing diapers, contact with sick people and animals. Let proper hand washing become a daily habit at work, at home, in schools, kindergartens, etc.!

Which Is The Best Soap
And Hand Cream?

Only caring soap and hand cream will ensure that your hands remain not only clean, but also beautiful and well-maintained!

Don't forget hand creams!

Washing hands with soap and water leads to the dissolution of dirt, but also fats, which can lead to skin dryness. Therefore, we recommend that you choose a caring soap that makes the skin clean and fragrant, but don't forget equally caring hand creams.

Which soap and hand cream to choose?

Choose a soap with a gentle formula that will thoroughly clean your hands without damaging the natural protective layer of the hands, such as NIVEA Creme Soft liquid soap. Due to very practical application, liquid soaps are an excellent choice, as are soaps with nourishing oils. If you have sensitive skin, look for soaps labeled "pH-neutral".

Regular or liquid soap?

Due to exceptional practicality, we recommend liquid soap like NIVEA Creme Care which makes it more difficult for bacteria to multiply, making it ideal for use in shared and public bathrooms. If you still choose solid soap such as the caring NIVEA Creme Care, rinse it after use and place it on a base that allows draining and drying.

Which hand cream is right for you?

Choose hand cream according to your skin type. Rich textured creams like NIVEA 3in1 Repair are suitable for extremely dry and damaged hands. If you work on a computer, you need a hand cream that absorbs quickly and doesn't leave greasy marks, such as NIVEA Intensive Moisture. Hand cream with anti-age ingredients such as coenzyme Q10 helps reduce visible signs of skin aging. Our recommendation is NIVEA Anti-age Q10 plus hand cream. For those looking for a solution against pigmentation spots, there is NIVEA Luminous 630. While for the more cautious, there is NIVEA 3 in 1 Care & Protect hand cream, which combines NIVEA care with antibacterial effect. In the wide range of NIVEA hand creams, you will surely find something for yourself!

Hand Soap Or
Disinfectants?

Hand disinfectants provide effective protection against bacteria and viruses that are transmitted through hands to the mouth, eyes and nose and cause various diseases. Use disinfectants only when you don't have soap and water at hand.

When to use disinfectants?

Unlike soap, we use disinfectants in cases when hand washing is not an option or we need additional protection. It should be kept in mind that disinfectants remove bacteria, but not dirt. Also, we often don't use them correctly - too little reduces the effect, while too much can remove good bacteria and thus dry out the skin. To combine care and antibacterial effect without drying the skin of the hands, we created NIVEA 3 in 1 Care & Protect hand cream. It provides deep nourishing care to hand skin exhausted from frequent washing, hydrates and protects it, and eliminates harmful bacteria.

Disinfectants and hand washing in case of illness?

When you are sick, don't forget to wash your hands, especially after sneezing and coughing. During illness, frequent hand washing is mandatory, and regular disinfection is also recommended. Hand disinfection is of particular importance for healthcare facility employees, as well as all those who visit them. Only in this way can the spread of viruses among patients who already have weak immunity be reduced.

Clean hands = half of health

Regular hand washing is a habit that should be adopted from early childhood. It's not said in vain that cleanliness is half of health!

How do Hands Transmit Infection?

We touch almost everything with our hands - door handles, keyboards, handrails in public transport, shopping carts in shopping centers, other people's hands... When a sick person touches objects and surfaces, they transfer microorganisms to them. The danger is particularly great in the case of airborne diseases, when an infected person spreads viruses in their environment by coughing and sneezing. The viruses then mostly end up on various surfaces, floors and furniture. If a healthy person touches one of the contaminated surfaces, they transfer the viruses to their hands, and then infect themselves by touching their eyes, nose or mouth. That's why hand washing and hand hygiene are so important!

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HOW TO WASH YOUR HANDS PROPERLY

Frequent Hand Washing Is The Best Protection

Which Is The Best Soap And Hand Cream?

Hand Soap Or Disinfectants?

Additional Tips ForBeautiful Hands

Frequent Hand Washing
Is The Best Protection

Which Is The Best Soap
And Hand Cream?

Hand Soap Or
Disinfectants?

Additional Tips For
Beautiful Hands