WHY WASH YOUR HANDS ?

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WHY WASH YOUR HANDS ?

• Handwashing is the single most effective way to
  prevent the spread of communicable diseases.

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Its 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 asShigellosis, E. Coli,
Streptococcal Disease, Influenza and the Common
ColdWe can pick-up germs from doorknobs, stair
railings or anything that has been touched by
others who arent good hand washers

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WHEN SHOULD YOU WASH YOUR HANDS ?

• BEFORE YOU
• Prepare or eat food
• Treat a cut or wound
• Tend to someone whos 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

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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

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CORRECT HANDWASHING TECHNIQUE

• 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.

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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

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• 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