Proper hand washing is the first step to keeping hands healthy and preventing viruses and infections

Dry skin

Maintaining proper body hygiene, as well as washing your hands well, are some of the essential measures to fight and repel viruses.

Here is everything you need to know to help prevent viruses with proper hand hygiene and moisturising.

According to the World Health Organisation, ‘multidrug-resistant pathogens, carriers of disease, have become entrenched in today’s society. Therefore, the only possible measure to combat and prevent new outbreaks of infection is through control and basic preventive measures such as hand washing, which is an essential action to keep people safe’.

According to the WHO, the possibility of contracting a disease can be just one step away by not maintaining proper hand hygiene.

How to wash hands properly?

The keys to washing your hands properly in five steps:

1. Wet hands with water.
2. Apply enough soap to cover both hands.
3. Rub your hands together thoroughly. In this step, you should thoroughly rub both palms together, as well as intertwine your fingers and clean the backs and tips of your hands thoroughly.
4. Finally, dry your hands very well with a towel or disposable paper and finish by cleaning the tap that you have opened initially.

In which situations is hand washing recommended?

Hand washing should be done frequently throughout the day, from the moment we get up to the moment we go to bed as our hands are in continuous contact with everything around us, whether at home, on the way to work, in supermarkets, pharmacies and other permitted places.

So in which situations is hand washing recommended? Among the most frequent are: before and after touching food, before meals, after coughing or sneezing, after visiting a sick person or after touching money.

Viruses and bacteria are present during each of these processes and contagion between people can occur with a single touch.

It is very important to keep the skin moisturised and nourished to avoid dryness, irritation and sensitivity.

Maintaining good skin and pH care is very important, as our skin is an organ that serves as a protective shield acting as a barrier against external factors such as pollution, temperature changes or bacteria, and internal factors such as age or hormones.

A very intense hygiene routine with constant exposure to water and soap causes our pH to destabilise and the lipid layer of our skin to suffer, generating symptoms of dehydration, dryness, redness or even sensitivity.

Lactovit’s nourishing formulas preserve the skin’s lipid layer to prevent dehydration.

That’s why maintaining good hand hygiene these days is a key factor in protecting ourselves. Moisturising hands has become part of this process, and therefore
applying moisturising lotions or creams on a regular basis promotes optimal levels of hydration for hand care.

Another point to take into account is the hydration of our organism. Drinking the recommended daily amount of water, as well as consuming foods rich in vegetables and fruit will help to regulate these indicators of our skin.

How can Lactovit help you in the hygiene and care of your skin?

Lactovit is one of the leading specialist brands in the personal hygiene sector and its products incorporate the benefits and properties of milk into their formulas, making them very gentle and kind to the skin and suitable for use by the whole family.

Its range of shower gels responds to the needs of each skin type, such as nutrition, protection and repair. In addition, their formulas incorporate the Protein Calcium complex, which strengthens the skin and deeply nourishes it to keep it strong and youthful.