Washing your hands and drying them with a paper towel considerably reduces the spread of viral and bacterial infections transmitted by touch. Carefully drying your hands is also part of good hand hygiene.
You should wash your hands often enough: before eating, after going to the toilet, before and after preparing or serving food, as well as after touching an animal or visiting someone with the flu, for example.
Good hand hygiene reduces illness and absences from work
According to World Health Organization, washing hands with soap and water is the most effective way to fight infections. Drying hands with a disposable paper towel is, in turn, the most effective means to remove the bacteria remaining on the hands.
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