Washing Hands Lab

One of the most basic forms of safety for the laboratory and in general is washing hands. From a young age, people are told to wash their hands to rid themselves of any germs they may be housing. As people age, they begin to learn about these germs and the effects of them if they are not cleaned off of their bodies. In the lab, it is one of the most basic rules of safety, wash hands to stop the spread of anything the students worked with. Washing hands is a general rule of society in order to stop the spread of illness and the keep the public safe, but no one, besides laboratory students, laboratory workers and those in the medical field, know how to wash their hands properly.
As a child, people are taught to get soap on their hands and scrub their hands under warm water while singing the ABC’s song. Once we are taught and can do it without …show more content…
The basic ABC song length is still fairly used, perhaps a bit longer is ideal, but the process changes drastically. Rather than scrubbing the front and back of the hand, nails are important to focus on. Bacteria will live under the finger nails, which is bad, especially for people who bite their nails. People normally do not think to wash under their nails so now whatever possible bacteria they are carrying will be transmitted onto everything and everyone they touch. In microbiology, students can see the effects of a particular bacteria and how easily it can spread. Most science majors at Alvernia, whether it be Biology, Bio-Chem or even Nursing, take some form of a microbiology course and can see how dangerous bacteria can be. With that in mind, these students need to be examples to other students and future generations. Aid in stressing the idea that washing hands is the first line of defense when temperature change and sickness is more