Health Hygiene & Sanitation

Lesson 13 : Personal Hygiene

Hand Washing

Wash Your Hands After

• Going to the bathroom
• Changing diapers
• Touching high-hand contact surfaces, such as:
• Door-knobs
• Railings
• Tables (cafeteria)
• School desks
• Commonly used or shared school supplies
• Helping a sick person
• Blowing your nose
• Before handling food.

When to wash ????

• Before
• Starting work
• Putting on gloves
• During
• Food preparation
• After
• Breaks
• Using restroom (before & after)
• Coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose
• Smoking, eating or drinking
• Touching raw foods
• Using chemicals
• Taking out the trash
• Touching hair, mouth, eyes and open wounds & sores

Gloves

• Gloves are a double edged sword
• Used properly they are an excellent tool
• However they give a false sense of security

Gloves are NOT required – but are highly encouraged to prevent “bare hand contact” of foods that are ready to eat.

How To Wash Your Hands

1. Wet your hands with warm water
2. Apply a generous amount of soap
3. Rub your hands together for 20 seconds
4. Rinse your hands
5. Dry your hands with a paper towel
6. Use the paper towel to turn off the faucet and open the door

Steps	Description
1	Wash palms and fingers
2	Wash back of hands
3	Wash fingers and knuckles
4	Wash thumbs
5	Wash fingertips
6	Wash wrists