nd hand washing is the most effective way to prevent cold and flu infection," said Dr. Sawyer. CDC estimates that
36,000 people die from the flu or flu-like illness each year, 5,000 people die from food borne illness each year, and 90,000 patients die each year from Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI), for which poor handwashing is a direct link.
Help celebrate National Handwashing Awareness Week December 7th-13th, 2008. Visit www.henrythehand.com for fun ideas to change everyone's habit! Please lend a hand to Henry the Hand and Dr. Will to help spread the word not the germs!
The first National Handwashing Awareness Week started in 1999 in Cincinnati, Ohio due to the Flu vaccine shortage by the collaboration of the Henry the Hand Foundation and the Greater Cincinnati Health Council Flu Vaccine Committee to educate the public about Handwashing as the first line of defense against the Flu or Flu-like illness.
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