Hygiene For HealthHygiene For Health

What is hygiene?What is hygiene?

• Preservation of health and healthy Preservation of health and healthy living.living.

• Reduce the incidence and spreading Reduce the incidence and spreading of diseaseof disease

• body hygiene, domestic hygiene, body hygiene, domestic hygiene, dental hygiene, occupational hygienedental hygiene, occupational hygiene

What are germs?What are germs?

Are all germs bad?Are all germs bad?

What are our defenses?What are our defenses?

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Why do we sneeze?Why do we sneeze?

How else do germs spread?How else do germs spread?

• VectorsVectors

• AirborneAirborne

• Improper cookingImproper cooking

• Hand to MouthHand to Mouth

Good hygiene practicesGood hygiene practices

• Bathing Bathing regularlyregularly and and properlyproperly• Wearing clean clothesWearing clean clothes• Brushing teethBrushing teeth• Cut your nails regularlyCut your nails regularly• Eating clean, properly cooked foodEating clean, properly cooked food• Drink clean waterDrink clean water• Keep the house and your belongings cleanKeep the house and your belongings clean• Don’t put your hand in the mouth Don’t put your hand in the mouth

unnecessarilyunnecessarily• Cover your cough and sneezeCover your cough and sneeze• Wash hands regularlyWash hands regularly

Why do we wash hands?Why do we wash hands?

How to wash handsHow to wash hands

• Wet hands under running water;Wet hands under running water;• Apply soap and rub hands together to Apply soap and rub hands together to

make a soapy lather;make a soapy lather;• Close the water tap, and then rub the Close the water tap, and then rub the

palms, backs of hands, between fingers, palms, backs of hands, between fingers, back of fingers, thumbs, finger tips and back of fingers, thumbs, finger tips and wrist. Do this for at least 20 seconds;wrist. Do this for at least 20 seconds;

• Rinse hands thoroughly under running Rinse hands thoroughly under running water;water;

• Dry hands thoroughly with either a clean Dry hands thoroughly with either a clean cotton towel, a paper towel.cotton towel, a paper towel.

When should we wash When should we wash hands?hands?

• After playing with toys, books After playing with toys, books

• After cleaning the house or your After cleaning the house or your belongingsbelongings

• After sneezing or coughingAfter sneezing or coughing

• After helping or visiting someone who After helping or visiting someone who is sickis sick

• After coming home from school, or After coming home from school, or outsideoutside

• As often as possibleAs often as possible

Most importantly!!!Most importantly!!!

Brushing your teethBrushing your teeth

Questions ?Questions ?

What’s the point?What’s the point?

Sewage leaks into the ground

Waste Water Management Waste Water Management SystemSystem

The Septic TankThe Septic Tank

The Septic TankThe Septic Tank

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• Protect the environment including Protect the environment including the island, water wells, lagoon and the island, water wells, lagoon and reefreef

• Clean beachesClean beaches

• Healthy livingHealthy living

Household maintenance Household maintenance

Conserve water as much as possible

Avoid access water getting into the system

Do not put inappropriate things into the system

Don’t put oil and chemicals into the system

Use septic tank friendly chemicals to clean the toilets

Do not open or enter the septic tank unless you are trained and with required safety equipment

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