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Cleanliness is both the state of being clean and free from germs, dirt, trash, or waste, and the habit of achieving and maintaining that state. Cleanliness is often achieved through cleaning . Culturally, cleanliness is usually a good quality, as indicated by the aphorism : "Cleanliness is next to Godliness ", [ 1 ] and may be regarded as ...
Workplace housekeeping is the ongoing process of keeping the workplace clean, hygienic, orderly and free of extraneous objects and materials which may constitute hazards. It includes consideration of layout, aisle marking, storage facilities and maintenance, adequate lighting, and regular inspection, and is a basic component of fire and ...
Hygiene is a practice [3] related to lifestyle, cleanliness, health, and medicine.In medicine and everyday life, hygiene practices are preventive measures that reduce the incidence and spread of germs leading to disease.
Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, or Clean India Mission is a country-wide campaign initiated by the Government of India on 2 October 2014 to eliminate open defecation and improve solid waste management and to create Open Defecation Free (ODF) villages.
Purity (Arabic: طهارة, ṭahāra(h) [1]) is an essential aspect of Islam.It is the opposite of najāsa, the state of being ritually impure.It is achieved by first removing physical impurities (for example, urine) from the body, and then removing ritual impurity through wudu (usually) or ghusl.
Uncleanliness threatens holiness; [26] Chapters 11–15 review the various causes of uncleanliness and describe the rituals which will restore cleanliness; [27] one is to maintain cleanliness through observation of the rules on sexual behaviour, family relations, land ownership, worship, sacrifice, and observance of holy days.
Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo is a 1966 book by the anthropologist and cultural theorist Mary Douglas.It is her best known work. In 1991 the Times Literary Supplement listed it as one of the hundred most influential non-fiction books published since 1945.