Health
Swapping washing hands for sanitiser partly to blame for gastro outbreak – The New Daily
People using hand sanitiser as a substitute for washing their hands with soap and water have been partly blamed for a spike in viral gastroenteritis.
We’re increasingly skipping water and soap in favour of hand sanitiser and it could be making us crook.
A lack of proper hand washing is being blamed for a gastro outbreak throughout Victoria.
Diarrhoea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, aches and sometimes fever they’re the symptoms of the super contagious tummy bug.
So far this year, Victoria has recorded 389 gastro outbreaks in child care and early childhood education centres March had 140 cases more than average.
Cases are four times higher…
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