Hand washing is crucial for preventing infections, maintaining hygiene, and promoting good health. It should be done before eating, giving medicine, or touching wounds, and after cooking, using the toilet, or handling animals and garbage. The correct technique involves wetting hands, applying soap, scrubbing for 20 seconds, rinsing, and drying.

1. Hand Washing Techniques

2. Why Hand Washing is Important?
To keep infections at bay
To prevent germs from spreading
To maintain personal hygiene
Good health

3. When you need to wash your
Hands?
Always wash your hands Before:
◦ Touching, cooking or eating food
◦ Giving medicines
◦ Treating wounds
◦ Using contact lenses

4. When you need to wash your
Hands?
You must wash your Hands After:
◦ Cooking or touching Non Veg food
◦ Using toilet
◦ Touching , playing animals
◦ Handling garbage
◦ Sneezing
◦ Coughing

5. What is the correct technique to
wash hands?
1. Wet your hands with running water.
2. Apply disinfectant liquid soap.
3. Apply it properly on your fingers.
4. Rub fingers for 20 sec including wrist, back of
hands, nails etc.
5. Wash under running water.
6. Dry hands with towel or paper napkin.

6. Wash your Hands
Drown the Germs!