Keeping Your Hands Clean on a Cruise

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To stay healthy and clean, wash your hands with warm water and soap.

When to wash your hands:

Before:

• Touching your hand to your mouth including:
  • Eating and drinking,
  • Smoking,
  • Brushing your teeth,
• Helping a sick person.

After:

• Going to the bathroom
• Changing diapers
• Touching high-hand contact surfaces, such as:
  • Door knobs
  • Railings
• Returning to your cabin
• Helping a sick person
• Blowing your nose

How to wash your hands:

1. Wet your hands with warm water.
2. Apply a generous amount of soap.
3. Rub your hands together for 20 seconds.
4. Rinse your hands.
5. Dry your hands with a paper towel.
6. Use the paper towel to turn off the faucet and open the door.

What about alcohol-based hand sanitizers?

• CDC recommends that cruise ship passengers use warm water and soap to wash their hands. Washing is always best.
• If water and soap are NOT available (perhaps on excursions), use an ethanol alcohol-based (a minimum 62%) hand sanitizer, preferably in a gel form.