We use cookies to help us improve your experience and to provide services like web chat. If you have a lot of cracks in the skin on your hands or have dry or chapped hands, be careful about how often you wash your hands or use alcohol-based hand sanitizers (which can further dry out your skin). Note: When soap is not readily available, alcohol-based hand rubs offer a quick and easy alternative.

Hands-free soap dispensers let you get sudsy without contaminating anything else. However, if soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Wet your hands with clean running water (warm or cold). The World Health Organization has published a sheet demonstrating standard hand-washing and hand-rubbing in health-care sectors.

Wet your hands under warm running water. People in China found another way to greet since they can't shake hands. Washing your hands can protect you and your loved ones. Washing hands properly has been a message that medics have been pushing hard since the coronavirus outbreak.

Saying Hey Google, help me wash my hands" now triggers Google Assistant to play an instructional song to the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat" for 40 seconds, which is the minimum duration recommended by WHO to truly get all that microscopic crud off your hands.

The USDA found that when it comes to hand washing, people make two common mistakes: not washing long enough, and drying their hands on a dirty towel. Hand lotion prevents dry, chapped skin where bacteria can gather and hide. So before handling food, don't just splash ‘n' dash #happybirthdaysong - wash your hands thoroughly.