Best Hand Washing Methods to Fight Disease

Hand washing doesn’t take up much time or effort, but doing it properly offers great rewards in terms of preventing disease. As you touch people, surfaces, and other objects throughout the day, germs accumulate on your hands. This poses a significant risk in the transfer of bacteria, viruses, and other microbes if your hands come in contact with your eyes, nose or mouth.

To prevent any infection, it’s important to wash hands frequently - and properly:

• Wet your hands with running water - warm or cold
• Apply liquid, bar or powder soap and lather well
• Rub your hands vigorously for at least 20 seconds. Remember to scrub all surfaces, including backs of your hands, wrists, between your fingers and under your fingernails.
• Rinse well and dry your hands with a clean/disposable towel or air dryer. When leaving the restroom, try avoid directly touching door handles.

Much like hand washing, the first stage in bioremediation is to ensure the contaminated area is clean. At Brooks Remediation, we follow strict cross contamination prevention and sanitation protocols. First, we meticulously clean the area with proprietary cleaning agents. Then we test the surfaces with a portable adenosine triphosphate (ATP) fluorescence testing unit, which detects whether or not any living organism has survived. Once the process is complete, we do a second test to ensure that the ATP levels are zero.

After remediating the scene, our techs dispose of all bio-hazardous materials in marked containers and take them to an approved bio-hazard disposal site, following local, state and federal laws.

Trust Brooks Remediation for professional and safe bloodborne pathogen cleanup, to ensure that your home and property are protected after any death or trauma scene has occurred.

For more information on how to prevent the spread of disease, visit Mayo Clinic’s website here.