Washing your Hands Correctly

• Touching people and or surfaces, you accumulate germs on your hands. 
• You can infect yourself with these germs by touching your eyes, nose, or mouth, or spread them to others. 
• Washing your hands frequently can help limit the transfer of bacteria, viruses, and other microbes.
• Always read labels to get instructions BEFORE using chemicals.

Always wash your hands before and after:

• Caring for sick people.
• Preparing food.
• Treating wounds.
• Inserting or removing contact lenses
• Using a bathroom or toilet
• Changing a diaper or cleaning up a child who has used the toilet
• Cleaning drains, grease traps, or like.
• Blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing
• Treating wounds or caring for a sick person
• Handling pets.
• Feeding pets.
• Picking up pets waste
• Handling garbage

Hand washing steps:

• Wet your hands with clean, running water — either warm or cold.
• Apply soap and lather well.
• Rub your hands on all skin surfaces for at least 20 seconds, including the backs of your hands, wrists. 
• Between your fingers. 
• Under your fingernails.
• Dry your hands with a clean towel or air-dry them.
• Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are an acceptable alternative when soap and water aren’t available.
• If you use a hand sanitizer, make sure the product contains at least 60% alcohol
• Apply the gel product to the palm of one hand.
• Rub your hands all around.
• Rub the gel over all the surfaces of your hands and fingers and fingernails until your hands are dry.