Aerobic Halloween

Aerobic Halloween

Aerobic Halloween

The beauty of hand washing is that it’s simple. It’s cheap. And, as a disease prevention measure, it works.

That's why President Obama stated, while standing in the Rose Garden a week before schools reopened, referring to the H1N1 virus, “We need everyone to take the common-sense steps that we know can make a difference….Wash your hands frequently.” Even The New York Times is writing about hand washing.

But nobody is specifying just how frequently to wash one's hands.

Recommended hand washing frequency depends on what one does--and touches. Nurses who come in contact with sick patients all day should wash their hands more often than a home-based worker.