What are germs?
Germs are microorganisms that can only be seen through a microscope and are found everywhere. Germs are viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites and spread throughair, soil, water, skin, and body. Many germs live in our bodies without causing us any harm but there are others that can make us sick with an infection.
Germs spread:
Person-to-person when we touch, kiss, or share food and or utensils.
Through the air when a person coughs or sneezes near us.
When we go to the bathroom and touch stool, when we change diapers, and then we touch our eyes, nose, or mouth.
By touching objects and surfaces that have germs, and then touching our eyes, nose, or mouth.
Through animals or insect bites.
When we are gardening or touch soil that is contaminated.
How to protect us from germs?
By covering our mouth and nose with a tissue or using the inside of our elbow when coughing or sneezing.
Washing our hands thoroughly and frequently, using plenty of soap and water. (TIP: We should scrub our hands for a minute). We should also wash our hands before, during, after preparing food and before eating. Washing our hands is important when we are caring for a sick person with colds, vomiting and or diarrhea or treating a wound. We should also wash our hands when we use the toilet, change diapers, sneeze, as well as, after feeding or playing with a pet and after throwing away the garbage.
If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.
Stay at home if we are sick.
Avoid close contact with sick people.
Two great PRODUCTs that I use to keep the germs at bay:
Get Clean® Germ Off+ Wipes
With Get Clean® Germ Off+ Wipes I clean and or disinfect my home* in just 5 minutes. I always keep them at hand, in the car and even in my bag, because they are effective against bacteria and viruses ** and hard and non-porous surfaces. With these wipes once I clean the surface, I do not have to rinse the area.
Features of Get Clean® Germ Off+ Wipes
Kills the * COVID-19 virus 1,2 in 1 minute
No rinsing required, even on food contact surfaces
Kills *H1N1 influenza A virus and *Human Norovirus on environmental surfaces
Kills 99.9% of bacteria, leaving surfaces clean and disinfected
Cloth-like texture for scrubbing power
Use in bathrooms, kitchens, playrooms, and schools
Get Clean® Moisturizing Hand Sanitizer
I love Get Clean® Moisturizing Hand Sanitizer to disinfect my hands because I don't dry them out.
Features of Get Clean® Moisturizing Hand Sanitizer
Kills 99.99% of germs†
Plant-derived 65% ethyl alcohol exceeds recommended levels to eliminate 99.99% of many harmful germs. (Ethyl alcohol is a rapidly evaporating corn-derived alcohol that exceeds all levels recommended by the agency for alcohol-based disinfectants).
Keeps hands soft with plant-based moisturizers: squalane and glycerin, help replenish moisture to dry skin, keeping hands soft without drying them out. (Squalane is a 100% sugarcane-derived ingredient that helps replenish moisture.)
* On hard, non-porous surfaces
** SARS-CoV-2
† Effective in eliminating 99.99% of many harmful common germs and bacteria in just 30 seconds.