GRANITE SCHOOL DISTRICT

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• GRANITE SCHOOL DISTRICT
• HEALTH SERVICES

H Y G I E N E
Janell Eastman, RN BSN M.Ed Granite School
District Nurse
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PRE - TEST

• What were the first microorganisms discovered,
  called?
• How much liquid (sweat) is produced daily by your
  feet?
• What is halitosis?
• Who invented the toilet?
• How fast does a droplet of mucus fly when you
  sneeze?
• True or False The bathroom is the dirtiest place
  in the home?

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What is Hygiene?

Smelling Good
Feeling Good
Looking Good
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SMELLING GOOD
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Body Odor

• Sweating is normal it cools your body
• Does sweat stink?
• No, its the extra moisture combined with the
  bacteria on your skin that smell bad
• As you grow up, your body activates your sweat
  and oil glands to produce more.

More sweat and bacteria Odor
More oil Zits!
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How do you control body odor?

• Shower or bathe to remove oil,
  bacteria and dead skin cells daily.
• Deodorize
• Wash clothes, especially underwear daily
• it has absorbed all that sweat.

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Stinky Feet

• How much sweat do your feet produce daily?
• Where does it go?
• How to reduce the odor?

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What is Halitosis?

• Bad Breath can be caused by foods we eat or by
  bacteria breaking down in our mouths.
• Best way to prevent
• bad breath, brush your
• tongue

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FEELING GOOD
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What makes us sick?

• Germs ---What do they look like?
• ---Can you see them?
• ---How do they make you feel?

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Animalcules

• In 1647, using a home-
• made microscope, Anton
• Leeuwenhoek discovered
• animalcules (bacteria).
• Before this, the smallest animal anyone had ever
  heard of were lice.

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Germometry
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1 Way to stop the spread of disease?
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How do you wash your hands?
soap
water

• rinse

towel
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When should you wash?

• After using the bathroom
• Only 1 in 3 people do!!!
• After playing outside
• After touching pets
• Before eating or preparing food
• The kitchen in the dirtiest room
• in the house!
• After sneezing or coughing
• Mucus droplets fly 200 mph
• for 3 feet.

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Looking Good
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Looking good depends on

• Nutrition

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Looking good depends on

• Sleep

During sleep, your pituitary gland releases large
amounts of growth hormone.
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Looking good depends on

• Cleanliness

Clean clothes
Clean bodies
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When you smell good, feel good and look good, the
world can tell you like and respect yourself.
So how can it hurt? Give HYGIENE a try!
P.S It was Thomas Crapper, an English plumber
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QUESTIONS???
Call your School Nurse Granite District Nursing
Services 685-4246