Good Hygiene Habits

Good personal hygiene helps promote habits that keep bacteria, viruses, and illnesses at bay. Maintaining good hygiene also helps you have better self-esteem. In other words, when you take care of how you look, you feel better about yourself.

Good hygiene is essential to promoting good health. Practicing good personal hygiene lowers a person’s risk of contracting diseases and illnesses commonly spread through viruses and bacteria. To minimise your risk of being infected and also enhance your overall health, follow these basic personal hygiene habits:

• Wash your hands frequently (20 seconds scrubbing with soap and water).
• Stay home if you are sick (so you do not spread your illness to others).
• Use a tissue, or cough and sneeze into you’re the fold of your arm or upper sleeve, NOT your hand. Make sure your turn away from others  (no one wants to see that mist of snot).
• Use single-use tissues. Dispose off the tissue immediately and properly.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth (viruses can transfer from your hands and into the body).
• Do not share cups, glasses, dishes or cutleries. Wash them after use.
• According to the World Health Organization, banknotes are high-risk suspects in the spread of viruses, so maybe consider online banking or QR code payments.
• One of the most heavily used gadgets is your mobile phone, which means you should wipe its surface at least twice a day.
• Get vaccinated. You can find more information here.
  

Here are some of the basic workplace hygiene practices that you can practice:

• Make sure your workstation is clean and hygienic.
• Surfaces (like desks and tables) and objects (likes telephones, keyboards) should to be wiped with disinfectant regularly.
• Only eat at designated pantries and don’t bring food to your table or workstation.
• Try not to share cups, glasses, dishes and cutlery. But if you must, be sure dishes are washed in soap and water after use.
• Stay at home if you feel unwell.