Hand Washing

1. Hand Hygiene
Adarsh Jaiswal
Roll No. 02
MBBS Batch 2021
RDASMC Ayodhya

2. Hands are the most common vehicle of
transmission of organism
"HAND HYGIENE" has been recognized as the single
most important way to prevent the transmission of
infectious agents.

3. 5 Moments of hand hygiene
1. Before touching a patient
2. Before any aseptic procedure
3. After a procedure
4. After touching a patient
5. After touching a patient surroundings.

4. Type of hand hygiene technique
1. Routine hand washing
2. Hygienic hand care
3. Surgical hand washing or hand scrub

5. 1. Routine Hand Washing
It involves washing of hands with soap and water. It
removes most transient microorganism from the
hands. Routine hand washing should be perform in the
following conditions.
 Before and After contact with patient
 Before wearing and after removing gloves
 After wound dressing
 After contact with body fluid of patient
 After handling device for patient care.

6. 2. Hygienic Hand Care
i. Hand wash method
• Wash hands with soap and water by rubbing
hands in the six movements by covering all the
surface of hand.
• Rinse hand with water.
• Dry hand with single use towel.
• Duration of hand wash method is 20-30 sec.
ii. Hand rub method
• When alcohol based hand rub solution is used
instead of soap , dry hands are required .No towel
us required for drying as alcohol evaporates in the
environment.
• Duration of hand rub method is 40-60 sec.

7. Step of Hand Wash
• Step 1- Apply Hand Rub/Hand wash
• Step2- Palm to Palm
• Step 3- Back oof the palm
• Step 4- Interlacing of fingers
• Step 5- Back of the fingers
• Step6- Rotational rubbing of thumb
• Step 7- Scrub nails on palm
• Step 8- Rinse the hands with water
• Step 9- Dry hands with a single use paper
towel

8. 3. Surgical Hand Washing or Hand scrub
• It require more time for washing than hygiene hand care.
• Besides hand ,wrists and forearm are also included for washing.
• For drying, sterile towel are used

9. THANK YOU