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Personal Hygiene

What is hygiene?
The things that you do to keep yourself and
your surroundings clean in order to maintain
good health (http://www.merriam-webster.
com/dictionary/hygiene).

We are going to talk about two examples
of personal hygiene:
1. Hand washing
2. Oral hygiene

Hand Washing

Why is hand washing important?
• GERMS!! They are tiny and you can’t see
them, but they are all around us and can
make you sick!
• You could come in contact with germs
when you touch objects like toilet seats,
toilet levers, doorknobs, phones, key-
boards, money, and almost any surface or
object.
• If you touch your eyes, nose, or mouth
with germs on your hands, you could
become sick.

Washing your hands often and following
the correct hand washing steps:
• Washing your hands often and following
the correct hand-washing steps will:
○ Washes the germs off your hands
○ Stops germs from spreading
○ Helps prevent you and others from
becoming sick

• Remember! Washing your hands is the #1
way to stop the spread of germs!

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