- 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.Â
- Between your fingers.Â
- 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.