Transcript WHY WASH YOUR HANDS - Penn State Greater Allegheny

WHY WASH YOUR HANDS ?
Handwashing is the single most effective way
to prevent the spread of communicable
diseases.
It’s easy to learn how to wash your hands and how to stop
the spread of infection by washing the germs away.
Good
handwashing can prevent diseases such as:
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Shigellosis, E. Coli, Streptococcal Disease, Influenza and
the Common Cold
We can pick-up germs from doorknobs, stair railings or
anything that has been touched by others who aren’t good
hand washers
WHEN SHOULD YOU WASH YOUR
HANDS ?
BEFORE YOU:
Prepare or eat food
Treat a cut or wound
Tend to someone who’s sick
Put in or take out contact lenses
Do any kind of activity that involves putting your
fingers in or near your mouth, eyes, etc
WHEN SHOULD YOU WASH YOUR
HANDS ?
AFTER YOU:
Go to the bathroom
Handle uncooked foods, especially raw meat
Eat
Blow your nose, cough or sneeze
Handle garbage
Tend to someone who is sick
Change a diaper
Play with or touch a pet
CORRECT HANDWASHING
TECHNIQUE
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Wet hands with warm running water.
Add soap, then rub hands together to make a soapy
lather. Make sure to wash the front and back of your
hands, nails and nail beds, wrists and between fingers.
Wash hands for 20 seconds.
Rinse hands with warm running water with your hands
pointed down.
Dry hands thoroughly with a clean towel and use that
towel to turn off the water and open the door.
PROPER TECHNIQUE
TO COVER YOUR COUGH and
SNEEZE
Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when
you cough or sneeze.
Then put your tissue in the waste basket
OR:
Cough or sneeze into your upper sleeve not
your hands
CLEAN your HANDS after coughing or sneezing.
WASH HANDS with soap and water for 20 seconds or
Clean with alcohol-based hand cleaner