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HANDWASHING FIGHT GERMS

Improving Your Hand Hygiene Practices Important topics covered in this review Why should we clean our hands? Barriers to frequent hand washing How do hands become contaminated? Advantages of alcohol-based hand rubs New Hand Hygiene Recommendation Improving Your Hand Hygiene Practices

Why Is Adherence of Personnel to Recommended Hand washing So Poor? Factors responsible for poor hand washing adherence rates include: heavy workloads (too busy) sinks are poorly located skin irritation caused by frequent exposure to soap and water hands don’t look dirty Hand washing takes too long Why Is Adherence of Personnel to Recommended Hand washing So Poor?

How Can We Overcome Problems Associated with Hand washing? Washing hands frequently with soap and water is inconvenient time-consuming often causes skin irritation and dryness We need to make cleaning your hands faster, more convenient and less irritating Experts now recommend that workers routinely clean their hands with an alcohol-based hand rub (a gel, rinse or foam) How Can We Overcome Problems Associated with Hand washing?

Advantages of Cleaning Hands with Alcohol-Based Hand Rubs When compared to soap and water hand washing, alcohol-based hand rubs have the following advantages: take less time to use can be made more accessible than sinks cause less skin irritation and dryness are more effective in reducing the number of bacteria on hands making alcohol-based hand rubs readily available to personnel has led to improved hand hygiene practices Advantages of Cleaning Hands with Alcohol-Based Hand Rubs

When Should You Use an Alcohol-Based Hand Rub? If hands are not visibly soiled or contaminated with blood or body fluids, use an alcohol-based hand rub for routinely cleaning your hands after having contact with body fluids, wounds or broken skin after touching equipment or furniture after removing gloves When Should You Use an Alcohol-Based Hand Rub?

Here Are Some Tips on How to Use an Alcohol-Based Hand Rub apply 1.5 to 3 ml of an alcohol gel or rinse to the palm of one hand, and rub hands together cover all surfaces of your hands and fingers, including areas around/under fingernails continue rubbing hands together until alcohol dries if you applied a sufficient amount of alcohol hand rub, it should take at least 10 -15 seconds of rubbing before your hands feel dry Here Are Some Tips on How to Use an Alcohol-Based Hand Rub

More Tips on How to Use an Alcohol-Based Hand Rub If you feel a “build-up” of emollients on your hands after cleaning your hands 5 to 10 times with an alcohol-based hand rub, wash your hands with soap and water If you clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand rub before putting on gloves, make sure the alcohol has dried completely before putting on gloves More Tips on How to Use an Alcohol-Based Hand Rub