Hand Hygiene

Hand Hygiene

Handwashing is one of the best ways to protect yourself and your family from getting sick. Learn when and how you should wash your hands to stay healthy. Washing your hands is easy, and it’s one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of germs. Clean hands can help stop germs from spreading from one person to another and in our communities—including your home, workplace, schools, and childcare facilities.

World Hand Hygiene Day

5 May 2023

Hand hygiene saves millions of lives every year when performed at the right moments during health care delivery. It is also a smart investment that offers exceptional return for each dollar invested. Clean care is a sign of respect to those who seek care, and it protects health and other workers who provide that care.

Now is a critical time when countries across the world need to accelerate implementation of lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and increase investments to close gaps in infection prevention and control (IPC), including hand hygiene. Indeed, many countries are demonstrating strong engagement and advancements in scaling-up those actions, but overall, the progress is slow, and gains are at risk.

Source : https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-hand-hygiene-day/2023

How to wash your hands

It’s generally best to wash your hands with soap and water. Over-the-counter antibacterial soaps are no more effective at killing germs than is regular soap.

Follow these steps:

  • Wet your hands with clean, running water — either warm or cold.
  • Apply soap and lather well.
  • Rub your hands vigorously for at least 20 seconds. Remember to scrub all surfaces, including the backs of your hands, wrists, between your fingers and under your fingernails.
  • Rinse well.
  • Dry your hands with a clean towel or air-dry them.
  • Hand washing is one of the simple habits that helps in protecting you and your loved one from many health conditions. Many germs get deposited in our fingernails, nail beds, or in-between our finger space during work. These germs proliferate and are ingested, which leads to many diseases. Numerous contagious diseases can spread from contact with an infected person, including gastrointestinal, respiratory infections, and COVID-19 infections. Appropriate handwashing with soap and water removes kills germs from our hands and prevents transmission of germs from one person to another.

 

  • Hand sanitizers kill the disease-causing pathogens and germs from our hands. The disease-causing pathogens can transmit from infected persons or from touching the infected surface when we accidentally contact our eyes, nose, and mouth with infected hands.
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For more information Contact  Dr. Nagamani Pullepu