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My husband always forgets to wash hands after toilete and then he takes baby who is 1 year old with this hands. now i worry of germs he can spread?

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Dr. Oscar Novick answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Hand washing: Respiratory and gastrointestinal germs are usually spread from the hands. Keep hammering home the message to your husband about the importance of your child's health. As an aside your child's exposure to germ helps him build up an immunity for late on in life.

Answered 4/18/2014

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