Washing hands with hot water not necessary, schools are told [Independent.ie]
- Published: 20 August 2009
SCHOOLS have been advised that hand-washing with hot water is not necessary in the battle against swine flu as they prepare to re-open their doors to about 800,000 pupils next week. With many schools functioning with only cold water, it was a major concern in light of advice earlier in the summer that hot water hand-washing was essential.
It was among the issues raised in a meeting between the Department of Education and the Irish National teachers Organisation (INTO) to discuss the swine flu threat. The importance of good basic hygiene was stressed at the meeting.
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