This document provides information on the importance of hand hygiene. It explains that microbes are tiny organisms that can be found everywhere and are transmitted through hands. While some microbes are harmless, others can cause illness. The document emphasizes that washing hands with soap is effective at removing microbes and can prevent the spread of infection. It recommends washing hands after various activities like using the bathroom, coughing, playing outdoors, and before eating. Finally, it provides the correct six step process for thorough hand washing.

1. Welcome to Greece!
Welcome to our classroom!
Welcome to a world
of clean hands!!!
Akrivi Arvaniti
MSc, Supervisor, Health Visitors Unit
Department of Public Health Services
"Thriassio" General Hospital

2. Why is Hand Hygiene So Important?

3. Microbes
• are all around us
• come in all
shapes and sizes
• are so small
that they cannot be
seen with the naked
eye!
• Can be everywhere!
• are all around us
• come in all
shapes and sizes
• are so small
that they cannot be
seen with the naked
eye!
• Can be everywhere!

5. We can see them through the Microscope

6. There are many kinds of germs...
•Microbes can be
both good and
bad
•There are three
types of microbes:
Fungi, Viruses and
Bacteria.

7. Influenza virus

8. Bacteria –Staphylococcus aureus

9. The most common way of microbe transmission
is our hands!

10. What can bad germs do to you…

11. Handwashing
with soap gets
rid of germs!

12. Keeping hands clean is one of the most
important things we can do to stop the
spreading of germs and stay healthy!

13. After arriving
from school
When Should I Wash My Hands?
After coughing or
blowing your nose
Before preparing
or eating food
After playing
with animals
After using
the toilet
After playing
outdoors
Before touching
your eyes
when you are sick
Designed by Minnesota Department of Health, www.health.state.mn.us

14. How to Wash Your Hands

15. 6 Steps for proper handwashing
1. Rub hands palm to palm 2. Back of hands 3. Between fingers
5. Base of thumbs4. Back of fingers 6. Fingernails

17. Μπορείς να βάλεις τα Έξι Βήματα για το
πλύσιμο των χεριών στη σωστή σειρά ;
(Can you put the Six Steps of Handwashing to their correct order?)
Σαπουνίζουμε
(Apply soap)
Σαπουνίζουμε
(Apply soap)
Ξεπλένουμε
(Rinse)
Ξεπλένουμε
(Rinse)
Τρίβουμε τα
χέρια το ένα
με το άλλο
(Rub your hands
together)
Κλείνουμε τη
βρύση με τη
χειροπετσέτα
(Turn off water
with a paper
towel)
Στεγνώνουμε
χαρτί ή
πετσέτα
(Dry your hands)
Στεγνώνουμε
χαρτί ή
πετσέτα
(Dry your hands)
Βρέχουμε
τα χέρια
(Wet your
hands)
Βρέχουμε
τα χέρια
(Wet your
hands)

18. •www.cdc.gov, Hand washing: Clean Hands Save Lives
•www.health.state.mn.us, Age Appropriate Hand Washing Curriculum
•www.health.state.mn.us,Be A Germ-Buster... Wash Your Hands Poster
(How-to Hand Washing)
•www.wash-hands.com, Washing Your Hands (NHS)
•Hand Washing for Kids - A Childs Guide to Hand Hygiene, NHS
•e-bug.eu