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The History of Hand Washing

Person putting on medical gloves as demonstration of major step in the history of hand washing.

We can thank much of today’s hand hygiene knowledge to a Hungarian doctor—Ignaz Semmelweis—who discovered the vital connection between hand washing and disease in the mid-1800s. We’re getting ahead of ourselves here though—so let’s back it up a bit and take a deeper look at the history of hand washing. The origins of hand washing […]

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COVID Hand Washing and Psychology

Image of brain to demonstrate link between psychology and hand washing.

Wash your hands. The simple statement drilled into all of us as children has taken on a new, shall we say, public role in all our lives. We’re all doing that sneaky side-eye at the restaurant bathroom sink and are extremely wary to touch any surfaces not in our own homes. We’re justified in this […]

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