1. + Wash Your Hands! PLEASE!

2. + Wash your hands… Before you eat. After you use the toilet. After you play outside. When you cover your cough or sneeze.

3. Hand sanitizers are NOT effective when hands are visibly dirty. Good hand washing is the first line of defense against the spread of many illnesses, from the common cold to more serious illnesses such as meningitis, bronchiolitis, influenza, hepatitis A, and most types of infectious diarrhea. Germs are too small for you to see.

5. The number of germs on your fingertips doubles after you use the toilet. Germs can stay alive on hands for up to three hours. Millions of germs hide under watches and bracelets and there could be as many germs under your ring as there are people in Europe.

7. http://www2c.cdc.gov/ecards/message/me ssage.asp?cardid=462&category=190

8. Web Sources http://www.bam.gov/teachers/epidemiology_hand_wash.html http://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/ http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sick/hand_washing.html http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hand-washing/HQ00407 http://www.health.state.mn.us/handhygiene/stats/statistics.htmlWeb