Handwashing History
What common activity was first proposed by Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis to reduce disease?
What is handwashing?
In Islam, this is the name of the ritual cleansing that includes handwashing.
What is wudu?
This French biologist developed the germ theory and techniques to control bacteria in foods.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
This Hungarian physician was ridiculed and shunned for suggesting handwashing in hospitals.
Who is Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis?
According to the CDC, handwashing became part of hygiene guidelines primarily in response to what?
What are foodborne outbreaks and healthcare-related infections?
Until relatively recently, handwashing was mostly used in what types of ceremonies?
What are religious and cultural ceremonies?
In Judaism, handwashing before meals that include bread is known by this term.
What is netilat yadayim?
What scientific theory did people resist, believing diseases were caused by spirits or bad humors?
What is germ theory?
This 19th-century doctor was eventually committed to an asylum due to his hygiene campaign.
Who is Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis?
This app, supported by Google, allows users to measure scientific phenomena such as light and sound.
What is the Science Journal app?
In the 1980s, this organization started promoting regular handwashing for hygiene in the U.S.
What is the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)?
This religion includes handwashing rituals even after death, often as a sign of forgiveness.
What is Buddhism?
This process, named after Pasteur, heats and cools food to prevent spoilage.
What is pasteurization?
This biologist developed vaccines for diseases like anthrax and rabies.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
In what decade did the CDC begin officially recommending regular handwashing after bathroom use?
What are the 1980s?
This term describes when new knowledge is rejected simply because it challenges the norm.
What is the Semmelweis Effect?
This phrase originated in the Bible and signifies removing responsibility.
What is "washing your hands of it"?
In hospitals during the Crimean War, this famous nurse promoted handwashing to prevent infection.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This medical condition likely contributed to the decline of Dr. Semmelweis’s health in his later years.
What is sepsis?
These two organizations actively promote handwashing to prevent illness.
What are the CDC and WHO (World Health Organization)?
This disease, often affecting new mothers, was the focus of Semmelweis's handwashing research.
What is puerperal fever (childbed fever)?
In Buddhism, this New Year ritual symbolizes wishes for long and healthy life.
What is a younger person washing the hands of an elder?
This early discovery showed that heating milk could kill harmful bacteria.
What is pasteurization?
Known for her revolutionary nursing methods, she championed handwashing in field hospitals.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This type of prevention strategy includes handwashing and other practices to limit the spread of germs.
What is infection control?