How to Avoid Germs

 

Here are some steps on how to be extra cautious of germs that could make you sick in virtually any situation in life, from the workplace to social events. Read on from step one below for exactly how to avoid germs.

      

  1. Take a shower shortly after being around someone who is sick. Use antibacterial soap if the person was unwell with a contagious condition. There's no need to do this if you've been around a person sick with something non-communicable, like cancer, or a migraine. 

        2. Avoid using other people's food utensils. Never eat off someone else's plate or drink their beverage. Don't use his or her utensils, even if it's someone close to you. Being careful is the best policy. 

        3. Carry a pen. When someone offers you a pen to use, you can use your own clean pen instead.

        4. Use wet wipes as often as needed. Some examples include:

• When you pump gas for your car, always use a wet wipe to clean your hands when you get back in your car. There could be billions of active germs or spores on the gas pump at the gas station, since they are rarely cleaned.
• Always wipe down your steering wheel and gear shift with a wet wipe every time you get in your car.

        5. Take extra precautions in public bathrooms.

• Flush the toilet with your foot, not your hand. Cover the flush in your dirty shoe germs for the next less paranoid, normal person.
• If there are no seat covers in a bathroom, cover the seat with toilet paper. Hover over rather than sit on the seat and give yourself a bladder infection from not emptying it properly.
• Use the paper towel that you just used to dry your hands, to turn off the faucet, and also to open the door.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             6. Wipe off the shopping cart hand rail with a wet wipe when you go to a grocery or department store. Thousands of people have touched that same shopping cart and you never know where their hands have been.
  
  
  7. Wash your hands at appropriate times each day, no matter where you are or have been throughout the day. Wet your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold). Apply soap, lather well, and rub your hands for at least 30 seconds. Rinse well, and dry your hands with a clean or disposable towel or air dryer.If you are not able to wash your hands, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol
  
  8. Avoid germs by simply washing your hands before you eat and before you touch any of your body's vulnerable places. Germs cannot penetrate skin, but they get into your body through open wounds, your mouth, eyes, nose, ears, and other body openings. If you do not allow contaminated items, food or otherwise, to come into contact with these parts of your body, germs cannot harm you.