Keeping your hands clean can help protect your health and everyone else’s. Germs can get into your body through your eyes, nose, and mouth and make you sick. Hand-washing with soap or using hand sanitizer removes germs from your hands and helps prevent sickness.

Make sure to wash your hands or use sanitizer after you blow your nose, sneeze into a tissue, use the restroom, when you leave and return to your home, and before eating food. If using a hand sanitizer ensure that it contains at least 60 percent alcohol. If your hands are visibly dirty, always wash your hands with soap and water.