Clean hands
protect against infection
Protect yourself
·
Clean
your hands regularly.
·
Wash
your hands with soap and water, and dry them thoroughly.
·
Use
alcohol-based handrub if you don’t have immediate access to soap and water.
When should you wash yourself hands?
- Before medical procedure .
- Before, during, and after preparing food
- Before eating food
- Before and after caring for someone who is sick
- Before and after treating a cut or wound
- After using the toilet
- After changing diapers or cleaning up a child who has
used the toilet
- After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing
- After touching an animal, animal feed, or animal waste
- After handling pet food or pet treats
- After touching garbage
How do I wash my hands properly?
- Using warm or lukewarm running
water lather your hands with soap. Cold water is not as effective and hot
water should be avoided because it is drying to the skin. The soap does
not need to be antibacterial to be effective.
- Rub your hands together to make
a lather. If you you have dirt under your nails, use this opportunity to
clean under them. Rub your palms together and intertwine your fingers to
make sure you get between them. Don't forget the back of your hands!
- Keep rubbing your hands
together! For a proper hand washing this step should take no less than 20
seconds. Not sure when you're done? Try singing your ABC's twice, and you
should be fine.
- Rinse your hands well. Ideally,
start by rinsing your wrists and letting the water run off of your finger
tips. Then rinse the rest of your hands as necessary.
- Dry your hands well, using a
clean paper towel or allowing your hands to air dry. Nurses and doctors
are trained to turn the faucet off with a paper towel. Why? Because you
turned it on with dirty hands, so you may not want to touch it with your
freshly cleaned hands.
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