Wash Hands Soap Water

Wet your hands with clean running water either warm or cold.

Wash hands soap water.

Apply soap and lather well. Note if soap and water are not available use hand sanitizer. Symbolic hand washing using water but no soap to wash hands is a part of ritual hand washing featured in many religions including bahá í faith hinduism tevilah and netilat yadayim in judaism lavabo in christianity and wudhu in islam. Religions also prescribe hygienic hand washing especially after certain actions.

Remember to scrub all surfaces including the backs of your hands wrists between your fingers and under your fingernails. Especially it recommends people. You can tell if the sanitizer contains at least 60 alcohol by looking at the product label. According to the cdc washing hands with plain soap and water for at least 20 seconds is the best way to clean your hands and reduce the risk of catching the virus.

If soap and water are not readily available you can use an alcohol based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60 alcohol. Washing hands with soap and water is the best way to get rid of germs in most situations.