the main purpose of hand washing - shoppenin-sittard.nl
The purpose of hand washing is to remove dirt and reduce the amount of bacteria present on the hands (Reybrouck, 1986; Ayliffe 1992 cited in Meers, P. et al 1997). Hands like the rest of the skin, carries two types of microbiological flora. Resident organisms survive deeply on the skin and aren`t easily removable.