{"id":648,"date":"2018-10-15T05:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cleanandhappynest.org\/wpd\/?p=648"},"modified":"2022-03-02T09:47:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T14:47:43","slug":"get-healthy-on-global-handwashing-day-think-soap-not-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/get-healthy-on-global-handwashing-day-think-soap-not-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Healthy on Global Handwashing Day \u2013 Think Soap, Not Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When was the last time you washed your hands? It\u2019s cold and flu season and, as the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. So <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleaninginstitute.org\/understanding-products\/science-soap\">soap<\/a> now beats chicken soup later.<\/p>\n<p>Join ACI and the CDC today in observing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsasnap.org\/Resources\/Global-Handwashing-Day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Handwashing Day<\/a> \u2013 the perfect time to remind our loved ones that our health is in our hands.<\/p>\n<p>We could all use a refresher, even for things we do every day. Here are some handwashing tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lather your whole hand with soap, including between fingers and under nails.<\/li>\n<li>Scrub to the tune of \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d to make sure you\u2019re washing long enough. Sing it twice!<\/li>\n<li>If soap and water isn\u2019t available, alcohol-based hand sanitizers can help. Just keep rubbing your hands and fingers until dry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Share a reminder on social media using the <strong>#GlobalHandwashingDay<\/strong> hashtag to help spread the word!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When was the last time you washed your hands? It\u2019s cold and flu season and, as the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. So soap now beats chicken soup later. Join ACI and the CDC today in observing Global Handwashing Day \u2013 the perfect time to remind our loved ones that our health is in our hands. We could all use a refresher, even for things we do every day. Here are some handwashing tips: Lather your whole hand with soap, including between fingers and under nails. Scrub to the tune of \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d to make sure you\u2019re washing long enough. Sing it twice! If soap and water isn\u2019t available, alcohol-based hand sanitizers can help. Just keep rubbing your hands and fingers until dry. Share a reminder on social media using the #GlobalHandwashingDay hashtag to help spread the word!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[112,798],"class_list":["post-648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-handwashing","tag-illness-prevention","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":838,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions\/838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}