Keep yourself and your family and wash your hands properly
Wash your hands properly, using regular soap and water, and rub the back of your hands between your fingers and under your nails for at least 20 seconds. Do you need a timer? Dumbled the song "Happy Birthday" from start to finish twice, rinse hands, and then dry it with a clean towel.
- Wash your hands often, especially during these key times when germs can spread:
- Before, during and after preparing food
- After handling raw meat, poultry, seafood, or uncooked eggs
- before eating
- After using the toilet
- After changing diapers or cleaning a child, use the toilet
- After touching an animal, animal feed, or animal waste
- After touching the trash
- Before and after caring for a sick person
- Before and after treating a wound
- After coughing or sneezing
Source: American Food Safety website