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Personal hygiene involves those practices performed by a person to care for their bodily health and well-being through cleanliness. Motivations for personal hygiene practice include reduction of personal illness, healing from illness, optimal health and sense of wellbeing, social acceptance, and prevention of spread of illness to others.
Hygiene promotion is therefore an important part of sanitation and is usually key in maintaining good health. [50] Hygiene promotion is a planned approach of enabling people to act and change their behavior in an order to reduce and/or prevent incidences of water, sanitation and hygiene [51] related diseases. It usually involves a participatory ...
Islamic toilet etiquette is a set of personal hygiene rules in Islam that concerns going to the toilet.This code of Islamic hygienical jurisprudence is called Qaḍāʾ al-Ḥāǧa (Arabic: قضاء الحاجة).
Therefore, the proper drying of hands after washing should be an integral part of the hand hygiene process in health care. [2] The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are clear and straightforward concerning hand hygiene, and recommend paper towels and hand dryers equally.
Drying is an essential part of the hand hygiene process. In November 2008, a non-peer-reviewed [10] study was presented to the European Tissue Symposium by the University of Westminster, London, comparing the bacteria levels present after the use of paper towels, warm air hand dryers, and modern jet-air hand dryers. [11]
Islam stresses the importance of cleanliness and personal hygiene. [32] There are many verses in the Quran that discuss cleanliness. For example, "…Truly, Allah loves those who turn to Him constantly and He 'loves those who keep themselves pure and clean" (2:222). And, "…In mosque, there are men who love to be clean and pure.
A lack of self-care in terms of personal health, hygiene and living conditions is referred to as self-neglect. Caregivers or personal care assistants may be needed. There is a growing body of knowledge related to these home care workers. [9] Self-care and self-management, as described by Lorig and Holman, are closely related concepts. [10]