IC:Alien Hygiene
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IMPERIAL BUREAU OF HEALTH
PROPER ALIEN HYGIENE
Good hygiene is important in taking care of yourself physically. Aliens often spread infections because they don’t take good care of themselves physically, which can leads to the spread of disease among humans. To avoid physical problems associated with poor hygiene, consider the following ideas to keep yourself clean:
Washing Your Hair. It’s so important to keep your hair clean and conditioned to ensure it stays healthy and strong. Washing your hair at least every other day is important to keeping. This helps to curb the spread of lice and other potentially contagious creatures from breeding your hair and more importantly, keeping them away from humans. Cutting your hair is another good method of achieving this.
Going to the Dentist. The mouth is the area of the body most prone to collecting harmful bacteria and generating infections. In order to have and maintain good oral hygiene, it is critical to visit your dentist at least every six months. In some cases, your dentist may recommend every four months, depending on how much tartar builds up on your teeth and how often you need to have it removed. To keep your teeth free from tartar build-up and tooth decay, make sure you visit your dentist as frequently as he or she recommends. Lack of proper dental hygiene allows alien creatures to breed bacteria within their mouths, which can then be spread through contact with humans. Keep in mind that according to Imperial Code 32881-Aurek.18270042, it is illegal to partake in sexual relations with a human.
Brushing Your Teeth. For best results, invest in an electro-toothbrush. Regardless of the type of toothbrush you use, make sure you brush your teeth at least two times per day, if not after every meal. This will help minimize the amount of bacteria in your mouth and prevent disease from spreading.
Cleanliness of Your Body. Taking a bath or shower once daily is very important to ensuring your body stays clean. Cleaning your body is also important to ensure you do not spread disease to nearby humans.
Shaving. In high Human culture, it is important to remember that shaving is a critical part of cleanliness. For men, shaving the face enables it to stay cleaner and is a more acceptable hygienic practice, especially for those who work amongst humans. For women, shaving the legs and under the arms also keeps the body cleaner, with less places for bacteria to grow, and in turn spread to humans.
Washing Your Face. It is important to wash your face at least once a day to remove all dirt and grime that you have come in contact with during the course of the day.
Trimming Your Claws/Nails. Keeping your nails trimmed and in good shape is also important in maintaining good health. Note that it is illegal, under Imperial Code 89918-Cresh.98271 for aliens to have claws longer than 5 centimeters.
Before Meals. It’s important to have clean hands (all hands!) before you sit down to eat. Washing with hot water and soap will clean your hands so that they do not carry bacteria to nearby humans that may be near you!
After Restroom Use. To ensure you don’t carry fecal or other bacteria to other parts of the body or to humans, you will want to wash your hands after every time you use the restroom. Make sure you wash your hands immediately afterward—don’t touch your nose or mouth to avoid spreading unnecessary illness to humans.
Before Preparing Food. Washing your hands before you prepare food is very important to ensure you don’t spread bacteria to your food. Wash them with hot, soapy water for at least 2 minutes before you begin working with food, particularly when preparing food for human consumption. This will keep the food free from bacteria, and will ensure the food is healthy to serve once it’s cooked!
After Preparing Food. Again, washing your hands for at least 2 minutes with hot, soapy water after you have prepared food (and before serving) will ensure you don’t carry bacteria with you, thus potentially infecting humans.
Good hygienic habits are easy to begin and maintain. Starting with a few of these ideas will help you start on your way to developing good hygiene and evolving into a more civilized creature.
