Keeping hands clean by handwashing with bars or liquid cleansers and water is one of the most important steps we can take to avoid spreading germs to others and getting sick. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend the following steps for handwashing:

• Wash your hands with hot running water and soap. Children should use warm running water.
• Rub your hands together for at least 20 seconds.
• Pay special attention to your wrists, the backs of your hands, between your fingers, and under your fingernails.
• Leave the water running while you dry your hands on a paper towel.
• Use the paper towel as a barrier between the faucet and your clean hands when you turn off the water.

If soap and water are not available, use gel hand sanitizers or alcohol-based hand wipes containing 60% to 90% ethyl alcohol or isopropanol. Most supermarkets and drugstores carry these products. Carry one or both with you when you travel, and keep them in your car or purse.

If using the gel sanitizer, rub your hands until the gel is dry. You don’t need to use water. The alcohol in the gel kills the germs on your hands.

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