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When washing your hands you should use and hot water to kill germs?
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Yes the hot water kills more germs than cold water.
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Can washing clothes in cold water remove germs?
Generally, no. Germs are best killed by very warm or hot water.
Why must you use hot water and soap when washing your hand?
because hot water kills more germs than washing it with cold water soap is also needed to kill more germs
Which makes your hands cleaner hand sanitizer or washing your hands?
washing your hands of course is the most affective way of killing germs. but hand sanitizer is best when you don't have access to running water or soap. Hand sanitizer kills more germs but drys your hands out with overuse. After the years go by you will find your hands getting itchy all the time. It is best to only use hand sanitizer when touching things as elevator buttons, public door handles & washrooms... etc.
Is it better to wash your hands in warm or cold water?
Although the FDA mandates warm water for those in food service, the CDC says any temperature is fine, so it's a bit of a contested subject.Heat is known to kill bacteria, but the temperature and duration of exposure required would seriously damage human skin, so that argument for warm water is a bust. Additionally, some advocate for washing in cool water because it uses less energy and is therefore more environmentally friendly.Anyway, no matter the temperature, washing your hands thoroughly with soap for 20 seconds is good practice.
Can rubbing your hands together take the place of antibacterial soap?
If you use non-antibacterial soap and rub your hands together with it and water for like 15 seconds, that releases the germs, but does not kill them. So then you put your hands under water and that washes the germs away.
What can get rid of all the germs in water?
by washing ur hands all the time
Does washing your hands with just water get rid of germs?
Not really. you do wash away some germs but you get more germs because of using sink water, unless you wash your hands in purified water i suggest you use soap
Why must you hot soapy water when washing hands and equipment?
i think it is to kill germs.
What is hand washing?
Hand washing is the act of cleaning ones hands. Hand washing is done with soap and warm water to clean and remove germs and dirt.
Can hand sanitizer be used instead of washing your hands with soap and water?
Well, it CAN- and it will kill some of the germs- but your hands will still be dirty.
When washing your hands when should you apply soap to your hands?
after applying water to your hands
Why should you wash your hands which so and water?
to kill germs
What happens after you wash your hands?
When hot water touches the skin, germs tend to fall off. Contrary to belief washing your hands doesn't kill germs, but simply pushes them off your skin. After your hands are washed more germs do attach as you touch things like doorhandles and shake peoples hands.
In what direction should your hands be pointing when washing?
they should be pointing down in the water
If bacteria can live on a bar of soap why wash our hands to kill the germs using soap if it does not kill the germs?
While it is true that hand washing with plain soap doesn't actually kill all germs, hand washing is still a vital part of disease prevention. The mechanical action of hand washing--both the flushing action of the running water and the friction from the rubbing together of your hands--removes harmful pathogens. And that's why hand washing is considered so important to public health.*Proper hand washing technique: use very warm water and soap, briskly wash and rub hands and between fingers with suds for a minimum of 20 to 30 seconds, rinse and dry on clean towel. To know if you are washing your hands long enough for the germs to be removed from your hands, sing two verses of Mary Had a Little Lamb or sing Happy Birthday twice before you stop washing and rubbing them with the soap suds.
Should you turn off the water with your clean bare hands after washing them?
no
How does water get disease germs?
Water gets disease germs in it just be sitting around and collecting bacteria. The way that water in the wilderness gets disease germs is from the runoff after a storm washed animal excrement and decaying animal bodies into it. In cities it's from people washing their hands with it and it goes into our sewers which are full of many diseases.
