Good Personal Hygiene

The action taken to improve or maintain your health is called . . .

• First Aid

• Self Esteem

• Hygiene

• Self Care

Doing this cleans the teeth, removes plaque, and stimulates gums

• mouth wash

• washing face

• wearing glasses

• brushing teeth

You can keep your nails healthy by doing this

• trim nails

• wash hands

• cut toe nails

• all of the above

Good Personal Hygiene will prevent disease spreading and control bacterial infections

• True

• False

• Maybe

Hand washing and hand hygiene initiatives greatly reduce the number of absences, sick leaves, and lost productivity

• True

• False

• Sometimes

80% of communicable diseases are transferred by touch

• True

• False

• Sometimes

Keeping your nails neat and trimmed will help spread of germs and bacteria.

• True

• False

• Sometimes

Some viruses and bacteria can live from 20 mins. up to 2 hours or more on surfaces like cafeteria tables, doorknobs, and desks.

• True

• False

• Sometimes

Wash your hands using . . .

• warm, running water

• soap

• all of the above

You should ________ to remove bacteria and freshen breath.

• floss

• rinse your mouth

• brush your tongue