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Clean Hands And Happy Hands In College Students

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Clean Hands are Happy Hands Hands are a marvelous tool on the human body. As a high school (or college) student, our hands are always doing something; writing an essay, typing up a research paper, or flipping the page in a book. If you think about it, our hands work a job that lasts all day, seven days a week. As a part of the work force, I know that there is nothing better than feeling clean all day long and coming home to take a nice, hot shower. Shouldn't the same go for our hands? Most people don't even think to wash their hand unless they are visibly dirty or there is something there to remind them. There’s a problem, though; there isn't hand-sanitizer bottles to be found anywhere unless you provide one for yourself! Hand hygiene should be more enforced in high schools by providing hand-sanitizer in every classroom. General cleanliness is a very important aspect of life. Having clean hands contributes greatly to this. Our hands touch many a variety of different things throughout the school day such as water fountains, computers, book, calculators, etc. Most, if not all, of these things have all been either touched or used by other students. Take a water fountain for example. Just think of how many times that water fountain has been used. A lot, right? If you touch something that many other people have touched not only creates germ spread, but it makes your hands extremely dirty. Along with water fountains, there are many other dirty things that we touch throughout

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