The 10 Times When You Need To Be Washing Your Hands (But You Aren’t!)

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From a young age, we have all been taught to wash our hands before eating and after using the washroom. They have taught us that there could be many types of bacteria living on our hands that we are supposed to get rid of with soap and water.

But they have failed to teach us when we have to wash them during the day because the bathroom is not the only place where we get the dangerous bacteria; there are literally hundreds of other places that we have to be concerned about when it comes to our hand’s hygiene.

During the day, we come in contact with many nasty germs that we should not leave roaming around on the skin of our hands for a long time or we will end up dealing with unwanted consequences.

We understand that you don’t have a bar of soap and a faucet in your pocket that you can just use at any given time, that’s why you have to always keep a hand sanitizer with you to protect yourself from getting sick or catching any dangerous virus.

#1 – After touching a shopping cart

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The supermarket is where we go almost daily to provide ourselves with the food and items we need, but whether we choose to roll a shopping cart or hold a handbasket, we need to be aware of the number of bacteria we have just exposed ourselves into.

A shopping cart carries almost 138,000 bacteria/square inch. One of the nastiest things it carries is E. coli, while the shocking part about is the fact that it is carrying 72% Coliform bacteria, and to your information, these are not the kind of bacteria you want to take home with you.

So if you are going to your house right after, then make sure to wash your hands before you do anything else. If not, sanitize your hands.