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What is the six-step method of washing hands?
The first step is to rub the palms of your hands (rubbing your hands five times);

Step 2, rub your fingers with your hands crossed (palms against your back, hands crossed and overlapped, left and right hands exchanged five times);

Step 3, the palm sews the finger to the heart and rubs it (the palm and finger are staggered and rubbed for five times);

Step 4, rub the palm with your fingertips, and the left and right hands are the same (the fingertips are placed on the palm and rub against each other);

Step 5: one hand holds the thumb of the other hand and rubs it, and the left and right hands are the same;

Step 6: Rub your palms with your fingertips or hold the wrist of the other hand with one hand to rotate and rub, and the left and right hands are the same.

Six-step hand washing, about 400,000 bacteria are attached to one hand, and people will touch nose, eyes, mouth and other parts at least three times in an hour, which may create opportunities for the spread of pathogens.

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take precautions against infection

Most infectious diseases can be prevented by proper hand hygiene. In order to prevent respiratory infectious diseases, we should not only prevent respiratory transmission, but also pay attention to hand cleaning and disinfection.

According to experts, because influenza A virus can spread through contact, it is best to wash your hands with soap and warm water several times a day, especially in areas affected by influenza epidemic.

In real life, quite a few people don't have a good habit of washing their hands, and there are even misunderstandings: some are too lazy to wash their hands, some use handkerchiefs and paper towels instead of washing, some don't use soap and hand sanitizer, and some wash them off immediately after rubbing some bubbles, which does not meet the basic requirements of scientific hand washing.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-six steps to wash your hands