Hand Washing

Health Hygiene & Sanitation

Lesson 13 : Personal Hygiene

Hand Washing

Wash Your Hands After 1
  • 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

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