{"id":13270,"date":"2019-10-22T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/life-is-better-with-clean-hands\/"},"modified":"2019-10-22T12:00:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T16:00:34","slug":"life-is-better-with-clean-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/life-is-better-with-clean-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Life is Better with Clean Hands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The<strong> Center for Disease Control<\/strong> (CDC) has launched <strong>Life is Better with Clean Hands<\/strong>, a national campaign encouraging adults to make clean hands a healthy habit at home and away.<\/p>\n<p>Washing your hands is easy, and it\u2019s one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of germs. Studies have shown that hand washing can prevent 1 in 3 diarrhea-related sicknesses and 1 in 5 respiratory infections, such as a cold or the flu.<\/p>\n<p>Follow these five steps every time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wet your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold), turn off the tap, and apply soap.<\/li>\n<li>Lather your hands by rubbing them together with the soap. Lather the backs of your hands, between your fingers, and under your nails.<\/li>\n<li>Scrub your hands for at least 20 seconds. Need a timer? Hum the \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d song from beginning to end twice.<\/li>\n<li>Rinse your hands well under clean, running water.<\/li>\n<li>Dry your hands using a clean towel or air dry them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If soap and water are not available, you can use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Life is Better with Clean Hands, a campaign promotion toolkit, free posters, and other resources for promoting hand washing, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/handwashing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.cdc.gov\/handwashing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Karen DuJack<br \/>\nEducation Specialist<br \/>\nDental Hygiene Department<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Tue, 22 Oct 2019 12:00:34 +0000 by\u00a0k.dujack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has launched Life is Better with Clean Hands, a national campaign encouraging adults&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-announcement-college-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}