section_path: Definition and overview
section_name: Definition and overview
paragraph_text: Definition and overview
  
  Hygiene is a practice related to lifestyle, cleanliness, health, and medicine. In medicine and everyday life, hygiene practices are preventive measures that reduce the incidence and spread of germs leading to disease.
  
  Hygiene practices vary from one culture to another.
  
  In the manufacturing of food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and other products, good hygiene is a critical component of quality assurance.
  
  The terms cleanliness and hygiene are often used interchangeably, which can cause confusion. In general, hygiene refers to practices that prevent spread of disease-causing organisms. Cleaning processes (e.g., handwashing) remove infectious microbes as well as dirt and soil, and are thus often the means to achieve hygiene.
  
  Other uses of the term are as follows: body hygiene, personal hygiene, sleep hygiene, mental hygiene, dental hygiene, and occupational hygiene, used in connection with public health.
  
  Home and everyday hygiene
  
  Use a disinfectant to keep frequently touched surfaces at home clean at all times. And also clean kitchen utensils to prevent rust or germs.