This document discusses the importance of hand washing for hygiene and preventing disease transmission. It states that hygiene helps maintain health and quality of life. Regular hand washing with soap and water is important as it removes germs from hands and prevents their spread from one person to another. Following proper hand washing technique such as applying soap and rubbing hands together for 30 seconds is the most effective way to remove pathogens. Hand washing should be done at key times like after using the bathroom or coughing to avoid spreading germs. Maintaining good hand hygiene provides crucial benefits like reducing infectious diseases and decreasing antibiotic resistance.

1. IMPORTANCE OF HAND
WASHING
DR. ANJALATCHI MUTHUKUMARAN
VICE PRINCIPAL CUM NURSING SUPERINTENDENT
ELMCH, ERA UNIVERSITY

3. HAND HYGIENE
• HYGIENE IS A SERIES OF BEHAVIORS EXECUTED TO MAINTAIN HEALTH AND
PREVENT THE TRANSMISSION OF DISEASES FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER.
• MAINTAINING GOOD HYGIENE IMPROVES OVERALL WELLNESS AND QUALITY OF
LIFE.
• MANY PRACTICES COME UNDER GOOD HYGIENE MAINTENANCE, SUCH AS:

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WHY WANT TO DO HAND WASHING
EVERYDAY
• REGULAR HAND WASHING -FOR QUALITY OF GOOD LIFE
• HAND SANITIZATION WITH ALCOHOL-BASED HAND SANITIZERS- TO PREVENT
THE GERMS ENTRY TO OUR BODY
• DAILY BATHING WITH SOAP AND WATER-TO REMOVE THE DIRTY , KEEP CLEAN,
AWAY FROM THE GERMS
• FACIAL CLEANLINESS- EVERYDAY THE HUMAN BODY EXCRETED LOT OF WASTE
PRODUCT TO BE REMOVE AND KEEP THE FACE CLEAN.
• NOT SHARING PERSONAL ITEMS – ITS ANOTHER WAY FOR TRANSMITTING THE
INFECTION

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• COVERING YOUR MOUTH AND NOSE WHILE SNEEZING OR COUGHING WITH A
TISSUE OR YOUR SLEEVE
• BRUSHING YOUR TEETH DAILY IN THE MORNING AND BEFORE GOING TO BED-
ITS BIGGEST AREA TO GET INFECTION TO YOUR BODY SO NEED TO KEEP CLEAN
EVERY DAY
• AVOID TOUCHING INFECTED OBJECTS OR SURFACES, AND IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY
CONTACT THEM, PROPERLY WASH OR SANITIZE YOUR HAND TO GET RID OF
PATHOGENS.

9. WHY IS CLEANING HANDS IMPORTANT?
• 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.

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• 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.

11. PROPER HANDWASHING TECHNIQUE
• WE CAN’T KEEP OUR HANDS FREE FROM DISEASE-CAUSING PATHOGENS ALL THE
TIME, AS WE DO A LOT OF ACTIVITIES AND ACCUMULATE GERMS ON OUR HANDS.
• HAND WASHING IS ONE OF THE MOST POTENT WAYS TO SHIELD US FROM MANY
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
• FOLLOWING ARE PROPER STEPS FOR WASHING HANDS TO AVAIL MAXIMUM
PROTECTION:
• REMOVE THE ORNAMENTS
• TAKE 2.5 TO 3 ML OF SOAP SOLUTION/SANITIZER
• APPLY ALL OVER THE HANDS, DO PROPER RUBBING/FRICTION OF HANDS FOR 30
SECOND COMPLETED.
• WASH IN SAME STEP IF YOUR USING SOAP/SANITIZER MEAN GET DRY THEN DRY TO
FOLLOW YOUR ACTIVITY

12. WHEN TO WASH OR SANITIZE YOUR HANDS?
• AFTER RETURNING FROM OUTSIDE
• BEFORE AND AFTER PREPARING THE FOOD
• BEFORE AND AFTER EATING YOUR FOOD
• AFTER USING THE WASHROOM
• BEFORE AND AFTER CHANGING DIAPERS OR CLEANING YOUR CHILD
• BEFORE AND AFTER HELPING SICK PEOPLE
• AFTER TOUCHING YOUR FACE MASK OR EYE PROTECTOR

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• BEFORE CONTACTING YOUR EYES, NOSE, OR MOUTH
• AFTER TOUCHING CONTAMINATED SURFACES SUCH AS DOOR HANDLES,
SHOPPING CARTS, TABLES, OR ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
• AFTER COUGHING, SNEEZING, OR BLOWING YOUR NOSE
• AFTER TOUCHING ANY ANIMAL OR PET
• AFTER HANDLING WASTE AND GARBAGE

14. BENEFITS OF HAND HYGIENE MAINTENANCE
THE CRUCIAL ADVANTAGES OF HAND HYGIENE ARE:
• IT REMOVES AND KILLS MANY PATHOGENS FROM OUR HANDS, THUS
PROTECTING US FROM MANY INFECTIOUS DISEASES, SUCH AS DIARRHEA AND
OTHER INTESTINAL CONDITIONS, EYE INFECTIONS, AND INFECTIOUS
RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS.
• IT INHIBITS THE TRANSMISSION OF MANY CONTAGIOUS DISEASES FROM ONE
PERSON TO ANOTHER.
• IT HELPS IN DECREASING THE CHANCES OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AS
DEPENDENCY ON ANTIBIOTICS DECREASES.

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