How can we get rid of bacteria that may cause disease?

It's important to wash your hands to eliminate bacteria which can spread to our bodies causing sickness and disease.

Washing your hands is important because if we don't wash our hands then the germs from our hands will spread to others. Washing your hands after you go to toilet, change a nappies, picking up rubbish etc is the most important thing to do because if you touch your eye, your nose or your mouth you could get infected.

Bacteria can also spread to other people by your own dirty hands. When you touch your friend or something that belongs to your friend they can become infected too. Pinworm eggs can also be transferred from animals to human hands and then ingested. The eggs hatch into worms which lay

more eggs. Pinworms can make you, hungry, tired and very sick.

It is important to wash your hands to eliminate bacteria and germs or eggs from our skin. By doing this we help stop spreading sickness to all those around us.