Making a statement due to the World Hand Hygiene Day, Dr. Dr. Mustafa Ekici said, “We divide hand washing into three as simple hand washing, social hand washing, and hygienic hand washing. One of the most important issues that concern the society is social and simple hand washing. This method of hand washing is before meals, after going to the sink, after coming from outside or washing our hands. It is a hand washing method that we do after contact with a foreign object.
This is very important to us. Because one of the transmission sources of diseases is the digestive tract and the contagious source of the microbe is our hands. If our hands come into contact with any point on our face, we will open the door to infectious diseases,” he said.
WASHING HAND SAVE LIVES
Stating that we can prevent 20-40 percent of diseases by washing our hands, Uzm. Dr. For this reason, Ekici pointed out that it is absolutely necessary to do simple hand washing or social hand washing. Stating that when your hands are not washed properly and when necessary, it can cause flu, flu, infectious diseases, bacterial diseases such as tuberculosis and pneumonia, eye and ear infections, and various skin problems. Dr. Ekici said, “We should wash our hands to protect our health. “Washing hands saves lives, saves disease,” he said.