Synopsis
The Corona virus, COVID-19, and many other diseases pose serious threats to human health and life. By adopting the simple and sensible behaviors explained in this book, it is possible to live healthier lives and protect yourself and your family.
In this well-researched book, Wahrman discusses the microbes that live among us, both harmful and helpful. With chapters that conclude with handy reference lists, The HandBook: Surviving in a Germ-Filled World serves as a road map to safer hands and better hygiene and health. It is essential reading for the general public, healthcare professionals, educators, parents, business and office workers, community leaders, and politicians.
Contents include:
- The top ten simple solutions to better hand hygiene
- How to survive the Global Germ Age
- Germ-laden surfaces in public places
- The most important times to wash your hands with soap and water
- When to use wipes or alcohol-based hand rubs
- How to reduce your risk of infection as a patient
- When healthcare workers should perform hand hygiene
- How to use gloves properly
- Tips for staying healthy when you travel
- Keeping kids healthy: how to reduce risk of infection in the home
- The most important hygiene developments in human history
This book reveals what you can do to at home, in school, in the workplace, and while traveling, to reduce your risk of picking up and spreading deadly germs. The Hand Book: Surviving in a Germ-Filled World exposes how healthcare settings can be hazardous to patients, and how to stay away from deadly germs in the hospital, doctor's office, and long-term care facilities. Topics include: Proper hand washing, safest approaches to hand drying, use of hand sanitizer and protective gloves, and cleansing your environment. The history, religious and cultural roots of hygiene are explored, as is the way germs are carried and transmitted on environmental surfaces. Read in good health!
About the Author
MIRYAM Z. WAHRMAN is professor of biology at William Paterson University of New Jersey and the author of Brave New Judaism: When Science and Scripture Collide, as well as hundreds of articles on science, health, and bioethics. An award-winning journalist and science correspondent, Wahrman developed and teaches graduate courses in bioethics and research methods and conducts research on microbes on environmental surfaces.
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