Remember to Wash Your Hands Before Lunch

A recent article has pointed out how easy it is to step out for lunch and eat with your fingers: chips and salsa as an appetizer, chicken fingers, french fries, all are eaten using your fingers. But, likely-as-not, people won't be washing their hands before they eat their finger-food and the germs from the hands will immediately be transferred to the food, and the consumed. Most of us work indoors, at an office for example, where our desktops, keyboards, phones, pens, calculators, etc are among the worst places for germs. According to a 2008 survey, 35 percent of Americans don't always wash their hands before lunch. Not only should restaurants begin to encourage hand-washing but consumers should take it upon themselves to visit a hand hygiene station before eating their food.

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