Keep Your Health From Transmitting Infection

Infectious diseases that are dangerous to health can be passed from one person to another by simple actions as turning on a tap or picking up the telephone. It has been reported by health officials that a person with a bad cold who blew his nose and turned on a tap could leave more than 1,000 viruses on the handle. Many of these can be dangerous to the health of the next person who could possibly be infected when he touches the tap, especially if that one then touches his mouth, nose, or eyes. Tests involving a bacterium and a virus showed that telephone receivers passed on 39 percent of the bacteria and 66 percent of the viruses, while taps passed 28 percent and 34 percent. Touching the lower lip with an infected finger would transfer more than a third of these pathogens. Diseases caused by rota viruses and diarrhea caused by salmonella could easily be passed on in this way by unwashed hands. So to protect your health and the health of others you have to make washing your hand an every time routine, especially when you place your hand on areas that is frequently touched by others.