Vietnam Airlines tips on keeping hands clean

Vietnam airlines would emphasize the importance of keeping hands clean and then give our passengers some helpful tips on this issue to help you maintain healthy on plane as well as your whole trip.

It is clear that your hands are the most constant point of your body that first contact with cold, flu and a variety of germs. This, therefore, is a direct link connecting your armrest, handshake, seat back to your fingers, then to your fork, to your mouth, and finally to a full-blown fever a few days later, that will surely much annoys you.

According to scientists report, almost every kind of viruses that cause cold and flu can survive for some hours on your skin or on objects surrounding you such as armrests, TV remote control handsets, tray tables and other similar surfaces. However, the simple act of washing your hands with hot water and soap is considered as an effective method that helps you avoid harmful microorganisms. In reality, not a few people often do not pay special attention to this issue while it may easily cause unexpected outcome.
Washing hands is essential for not only restaurant workers but also general travelers. Health professionals and researchers majoring in fighting communicable diseases are launching a campaign to encourage residents to practice this simple act as a daily habit.

Hence, Vietnam Airlines highly recommends that passengers should wash your hands before any meal in and after your flight as well. It is undeniable that as airplane cabins are tight places, it seems impossible to get out of your seats to wash up before and after every snack time. And no one really wants the surrounding folks to constantly get up and down and roam around the cabin. In these cases, a suggestion of Vietnam Airlines is to bring along some alcohol-based products made specifically for washing hands.

Source: vietnamairlines.travel