Do Not Forget - Health & Hygiene!
In an emergency it is essential to maintain good health and hygiene practices, especially if you experience a loss of water and electricity:- Washing and drying your hands properly is one of the best ways of protecting yourself against the spread of germs. Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds with either soap or an alcohol-based rub. Drying well is just as important.
- Use alcohol based gels and wipes to wash your hands and clean surfaces if water is not available.
- The important times for washing and drying hands are before preparing and consuming food, and after coughing or sneezing, blowing noses and wiping children’s noses, visiting the toilet or looking after sick people.
- Keep your coughs and sneezes covered. Use tissues and put them straight into a covered lined rubbish bin.
- Where possible, distance yourself from sick people to reduce the spread of illnesses.
It is important to practice good health and hygiene in an emergency, especially if you experience a loss of water and electricity.
The last thing you would want if you were confined at home, is for yourself or a family member to become ill.
