General Building Maintenance Corp.

Listen to your Mom….Wash Your Hands!

How important is washing your hands? The CDC and Prevention states that “hand washing is the single most important method for preventing infectious disease”. Your hands can easily be infected by the inadvertent contact of a contaminated surface (desk top, chair, doorknob, counter top, drinking fountain, faucet, handle, etc.). In 2009 "The British Medical Journal" published a study which combined 50 other independent studies, and concluded that washing the hands at least 10 times daily is necessary to prevent disease.

December 6 th – 12th is National Hand Washing Awareness Week. The goal of National Hand Washing Awareness Week is to reduce the spread of transmittable diseases by empowering individuals to educate and help protect their communities. In order to accomplish this goal, you need to promote Hand Awareness (hand hygiene, respiratory etiquette and cross contamination) in your home and place of employment!

General Building Maintenance Corp believes that through education and cooperation between customers and their custodial service provider we can reduce the spread of infectious diseases.

4 Principles of Hand Awareness

1. Wash your hands when they are dirty and before eating.

2. Do not cough into your hand.

3. Do not sneeze into your hand.

4. Do not put your fingers in your mouth, nose or eyes.

Mom used to tell you to wash your hands, well mom really does know best.