hand washing medical and surgical by harshit yadav agra

1. HARSHIT YADAV
P.G TUTOR / LECTURER
PUSHPANJALI COLLEGE OF NURSING
AGRA
HAND WASHING
MEDICAL & SURGICAL

2. INTRODUCTION
• SURGICAL :- During The 19th Century, Surgical Hand
Preparation Consisted Of Washing The Hands With
Antimicrobial Soap And Warm Water, Frequently With
The Use Of A Brush.
• MEDICAL :- Hand Washing (Or Handwashing), Also
Known As Hand Hygiene, Is The Act Of Cleaning Hands
For The Purpose Of Removing Soil, Dirt, And
Microorganisms. If Water And Soap Is Not Available,
Hands Can Be Cleaned With Ash Instead. Medical Hand
Hygiene Refers To Hygiene Practices Related To Medical
Procedures.

3. DEFINITION
• SURGICAL :- Hand washing is important in every
setting, including hospital. It is an effective infection
control measures, as it prevent spread of micro organisms.
For routine client care, the CDC recommends a vigorous
hand washing under a stream of water for at least 10
seconds using soap.
• MEDICAL :- Hand washing or hand hygiene is the act
of cleaning one's hands with or without the use of water or
another liquid, or with the use of soap for the purpose of
removing soil, dirt, and/or micro organisms

4. WHO SHOULD PRACTICE HAND
HYGIENE
• Hand hygiene practicing is not important only for
health care Providers, everyone needs to
practicing appropriate & effective hand hygiene to
prevent spread of micro organisms.

5. WHERE SHOULD YOU PERFORM
HAND HYGIENE
• 1. Busy health care providers need access to hand
hygiene products where patient or patient
environment contact is taking place.
• 2. Hand hygiene is important in all work settings,
including Acute Care, Long Term Care Facilities
Community and Corporate sites.

6. CONT..
• 3. Providing alcohol-based hand rub at the point of
care (within arm’s reach) is an important system
support to improve hand hygiene

7. WHY DO WE NEED TO LEARN ABOUT
HAND HYGIENE
• 1. Hand hygiene is the most important way to prevent the
spread of germs.
• 2. Hand hygiene helps keep you healthy by reducing the
number of germs on your hands and helps reduce the
spread of germs to your family, friends, co-workers,
patients, residents or clients.
• 3. Using appropriate hand hygiene prevents contamination
of the patient’s, client’s, or resident’s environment

8. WHEN DO YOU PERFORM HAND
HYGIENE
• 1. Before initial patient or patient environment contact
• 2. Before aseptic or clean procedures
• 3. After body fluid exposure
• 4. After contact with patient or patient environment.

9. HOW TO PERFORM HAND
HYGIENE
• Proper technique is important when it comes to effective
hand hygiene. Without proper hand hygiene technique, we
can still spread many micro-organisms with our hands.
This section will cover the proper techniques for the
following procedures.
• 1. Wet hands under running water
• 2. Apply soap and distribute over hands
• 3. Rub hands together vigorously for 15 seconds to create
a good lather: Palm to palm
• 4. Rub fingertips of each hand

10. CONT...
• 5. Between and around fingers
• 6. Rub each thumb clasped in opposite hand
• 7. Rub back of each hand with opposite palm
• 8. Rinse hands thoroughly under running water.opposite
palm

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