{"id":6930,"date":"2022-01-31T12:30:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T12:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/?p=6930"},"modified":"2022-01-11T11:47:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T11:47:56","slug":"why-handwashing-remains-important-despite-covid-19-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/why-handwashing-remains-important-despite-covid-19-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Handwashing Remains Important Despite COVID-19 Vaccine?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With this article, you will get to know why hand hygiene, with other public health measures such as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/why-face-masks-are-critical-for-people-with-asthma-during-the-covid-19-pandemic\/\">wearing a mask<\/a><\/strong> and social distancing, remains an effective tool against the coronavirus. <strong>Hand hygiene, despite covid vaccine,<\/strong> is crucial in disease prevention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The coronavirus vaccination drive is going on around the world. Yet\nhealth care experts have been warning people to stick to the covid-19 safety\nguidelines to stop the spread of the virus. Unfortunately, getting vaccinated\nagainst the coronavirus does not mean we are free to go maskless or avoid\nphysical distance. Covid preventive measures, including hand hygiene, wearing\nmasks, and social distancing, will continue to be an integral part of daily\nroutine even after you are vaccinated.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Importance of Hand Hygiene despite Covid-19 Vaccine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Handwashing is an effective tool to keep the novel coronavirus infection\nat bay. Washing your hands with soap remains the best defence against the\nSARS-CoV-2 virus. Washing hands is crucial to avoid Covid infection, but it can\nalso help prevent many more other infections, making a huge difference in our\nhealth. Ahead of the vaccination drive, simple handwash with running water and\nsoap help in keeping many infections at bay. The germs present on different surfaces\nand objects can spread the virus when we touch our eyes, nose, or face without\nwashing hands. The virus can stay on the lift buttons, doorknobs, delivery\npackages for long hours, and the risk of spreading the infection are higher if\nwe touch ourselves without washing or sanitising our hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, handwashing remains one\nof the best defences against the virus, along with other preventive measures\nsuch as maintaining physical distance, avoiding crowded places, practising\ncough etiquette and wearing masks whenever you step out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Handwashing has always been most of the effective ways to keep diseases away. Hand hygiene is one of the major protocols to avoid <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/things-you-should-know-about-covid-19\/\">Covid-19<\/a><\/strong> infection, along with social distancing and wearing masks, even after you have received your Covid-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pandemic has made everyone aware of the&nbsp;<strong>importance of\nhandwashing<\/strong>. It is quite a simple act that pays to keep ourselves healthy\nand safe. Now, as we all embrace the new normal and live with&nbsp;<strong>Covid-19,\nhand washing<\/strong>&nbsp;needs to become an important part of our daily routine\nand lives as we live through this pandemic and beyond to protect ourselves.\nWith the coronavirus transmission mainly spreading between people through\ndirect, indirect, or close contact with infected people via nose and mouth\nsecretions, Covid appropriate behaviour, including handwashing, is critical.\nThe practice of handwashing at regular intervals is a must after coughing,\nsneezing, using toilets, before eating or handling a pet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When should you Wash or Sanitise hands?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Handwashing is the first line of defence against Covid-19 and is vital\nto prevent the spread of many other diseases. According to health care experts,\nyou should wash or sanitise your hands:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>After touching vegetables, fruits, or any packages from outside<\/li><li>After touching raw meat, poultry products or fish<\/li><li>While removing or wearing a mask<\/li><li>Before preparing or eating food<\/li><li>After sneezing in your hands or blowing your nose<\/li><li>After touching the doorknob and lift buttons<\/li><li>After handling garbage or contact with cleaning-cloth and garbage\n     bins<\/li><li>Before wearing or taking out contact lenses<\/li><li>While treating a wound<\/li><li>Before taking medicine or preparing an injection<\/li><li>After handling pets, or animal waste<\/li><li>When looking for a person who is sick at home or in hospital<\/li><li>After using the washroom<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s the correct way to wash your hands to avoid Covid and other\ninfections:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Remove rings, watch, or other hand accessories before washing your\n     hands<\/li><li>Wet your hands with running tap water<\/li><li>Apply soap or handwash and scrub your hands for 20 seconds.<\/li><li>Make sure you rub hands together rapidly across all surfaces of\n     your hands and wrists<\/li><li>wash hands with running water and make sure no traces of soap are\n     left<\/li><li>Dry your hands with a clean towel or air dry them<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bottom line is, pandemic or not, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/guide-good-personal-hygiene\/\">hygiene<\/a><\/strong> is an important aspect of health. See your doctor immediately if you develop an infection or have any health issues. Public health interventions such as handwashing have been the first line of defence against the coronavirus, helping to save millions of lives across the world. While hand hygiene remains at the forefront of public health and awareness, we all must take this opportunity to work together to change people\u2019s hygiene behaviours at a massive scale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With this article, you will get to know why hand hygiene, with other public health measures such as wearing a mask and social distancing, remains an effective tool against the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6930"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6932,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6930\/revisions\/6932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}