Bathing and Washing

CNN Health recommends washing your hands after any of the following: food preparation, eating, treating wounds, coming into physical contact with a sick or injured person, placing or removing contact lenses, using the toilet, changing a diaper, blowing your nose, sneezing or coughing, using the toilet or handling garbage. Clean under your fingernails, where bacteria can hide in the food, dirt or other material which can lodge there.