Hygiene is not just about washing your hands; but it is also about washing the rest of your body parts. It also involves of being careful when you are sneezing or coughing, cleaning things that you are toughing, throwing away things that might have germs on them (e.g.: used tissue) and being conscious and using protection when you might be at a risk of spreading disease and infection. Hygiene also involves being careful while you are handling and storing foods.

It is said to be a very good habit of washing hands before eating, preparing food, smoking, touching animals, after going to the toilet, gardening, and handling object soiled with blood or other body substance.

Most of the infections such as cold and gastro are caught when our hands get germs on them, and then we put them into our mouth. We can also get ill when other people’s dirty hands touch the food that we are eating. Thus it is important to keep our hands clean when we are around food.

Wash your hands with clean water and soap or an alternative, covering your hands as well as your wrists. You can also make use of a brush to clean your hands under nails if they’re dirty as well. After cleaning dry your hands with a paper towel or a hot air dryer.

You can also make use of the alcohol-based sanitizers, which does not need water. They are excellent alternative to traditional hand washing, particularly when you do not have soap and water. Put some drops of the sanitizer on your palm and then rub your hands together covering all the surface of your hands until they are dried. If you see that your hands are too dirty then make sure that you are cleaning it with soap and water.

You can maintain a good Personal hygiene by maintaining proper body care due to which you can keep your body away from various diseases and infections. Bath daily, clean your mouth, wear clean cloths daily wash your cloth regularly and make sure you are wearing dry cloths. All these things are simple but really important part of proper body care.