Personal Hygiene Awareness - Toolbox Talk


It is a regular practice that makes us groom, this is an immediate benefit that we are getting from maintaining good personal hygiene. Apart from that good practices always keep you healthy and reduce the sickness level / frequency. Just because of poor personal hygiene so many gems and bacteria travel from one person to another, hand to hand and hand to mouth etc. Cleanliness will make you a better person as well as people will keep you close and prefer to stay with you forever. Maintaining the top level of personal hygiene definitely boosts your self esteem and builds positive confidence. However many more advantages and the advantages that you may have experienced during your interaction with your colleagues, friends , relatives etc.

Now we are going to look for the vital aspect of personal hygiene that surely will bring a change in your lifestyle. This could be following aspects as mentioned below:
  • Take daily shower
  • Washing your hands frequently
  • Trimming nails
  • Taking care of mouth and teeth
  • Head hair maintaining
  • Clean your ears and nose
  • Wear fresh and clean clothes
  • Feet care


1. Take daily shower:

Every morning, take a shower before you leave your room. You can make it your routine habit. However, don't forget to wash and clean your under arms and private parts, which usually produce more sweats and bad smell which could lead to fungal activities.

2. Washing your hands frequently:

Our hands often engage in many physical activities such as working, using phones, equipment, handling any material extra so that the hand is more probably prone to get come into contact with the contaminate substances germs and bacteria's etc. Continuously washing hands will prevent you to get travel any harmful contamination which can brought to you so many unwanted health issues If you get to interact with any harmful agents. Make your daily routine to wash your hands before eating anything.

3. Trimming nails:

Usually our nails are stored dust and contaminants which can be transmitted into our stomach. Keeping big and long nails could lead to a server food poisoning. trimming the nails at least once a week or twice as needed but do not keep more than that time period.

4. Taking care of mouth and teeth:

Regular care of your teeth is really important consideration because bad practice releases awful odor. Everyone should do the brush the teeth with the help of any toothpaste. 

5. Head hair maintaining

Do the proper regular hair wash with any anti dandruff shampoo to control dandruff.

6. Clean your ears and nose

Nowadays some pollutants are everywhere the pollutants particles can be accumulate and stick inside it. Both ear and nose should be wash thoroughly with normal water or warm water.

7. Wear fresh and clean clothes

Wear well clean washed clothes that create a good impression and boost your body language. contaminate clothes need to take off and wash it.

8. Feet care


Due to continuous use of shoes socks become a weight due to sweating inside the shoes. This condition also produce very bad isme full stop so make sure always wear new or wash socks.

General personal hygiene good practices summary

  • Always wash your hands before eating something.
  • Take regular baat / shower every morning before meet someone.
  • Brush your teeth with toothpaste which is suitable for you.
  • In addition to that, floss your teeth at least once a day.
  • Ensure proper nails trimming and well clean
  • Regular wear clean and wash clothes.
  • Always keep your hand or handkerchief on your mouth and nose while you're coughing and sneezing.
  • Appropriate sleep to keep you hold a fresh

Quiz and Assessment

A. How many times does everyone need to brush their teeth.
  1. 4
  2. 2
  3. 1
Ans : 2

B. How often nails need to be trimmed?
  1. Twice a week
  2. Once a week
  3. Once a month
Ans : 2

C. Which of the practices is unhygienic which could lead to adverse health effect
  1. Sharing the nail cutters
  2. Sharing had trimmer and scissor
  3. Eating without washing your hand
Ans : 3

D. What would be the time to take a shower / bath
  1. Before sleeping
  2. After noon
  3. Every morning
Ans : 3

F. How often should I change clothes and inner wear?
  1. Once a day
  2. Twice a day
  3. When it's dirty
Ans : 1

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