The document outlines the WASH in Schools (WINS) program, which promotes hygiene and sanitation practices in schools to enhance health, attendance, and learning. Key components include oral hygiene, handwashing, safe water provision, menstrual hygiene management, and deworming. The program aims to create a clean and safe school environment, reduce disease transmission, and contribute to gender equality.

1. July 2-4, 2024
ORIENTATION ON WASH IN SCHOOL
(WinS) PROGRAM
RALPH MARK JOSEPH A. BANDOLA, RN.
Nurse II/Division WinS Coordinator

2. WASH IN SCHOOLS (WINS) PROGRAM
• A school-based program that
promotes correct hygiene and
sanitation practices through
hygiene and sanitation
education and the provision
of standards for safe water
supply and appropriate
sanitation facilities.

3. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
KEY COMPONENTS AND GOALS OF WASH IN
SCHOOLS
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Oral Hygiene and
Proper
Handwashing
Provision of Safe
Water
Provision of Toilet,
Handwashing and
Drainage Facilities
Environmental
Sanitation and
Solid Waste
Management
Food sanitation
Menstrual Hygiene
Management
Deworming
Hygiene and
Sanitation
Education
Wash in schools focuses on the standards for the promotion of a clean
and safe school environment & correct hygiene and sanitation
practices among learners.
Reduced hygiene
and sanitation
related diseases
Increased
attendance and
learning achievement
Contributes to
dignity and gender
equality

4. SANITATION •REFERS TO PUBLIC HEALTH
CONDITIONS RELATED TO CLEAN
DRINKING WATER AND TREATMENT
AND DISPOSAL OF HUMAN EXCRETA
AND SEWAGE.
• GENERALLY REFERS TO THE
PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND
SERVICES FOR THE SAFE DISPOSAL
OF HUMAN URINE AND FECES.

5. • FOOD PREPARATION AND HANDLING IN ALL SCHOOLS MEET THE
STANDARDS OF THE FOOD SAFETY MANUAL;

6. HYGIENE
• refers to conditions and practices that help to
maintain health and prevent the spread of
diseases.
• Medical hygiene therefore includes a specific
set of practices associated with this
preservation of health, for example
environmental cleaning, sterilization of
equipment, hand hygiene, water and
sanitation and safe disposal of medical waste.

7. PERSONAL HYGIENE
• Refers to maintaining cleanliness of one's body and clothing to
preserve overall health and well-being.
• It includes a number of different activities related to the
following general areas of self-care: washing or bathing,
including cleansing oneself after using the toilet; taking proper
care of the mouth; grooming and dressing; and keeping clothing
clean.

8. HAND HYGIENE
• Means cleaning your hands by either washing them with soap and
water, or by using a hand sanitizing gel.
• Hand hygiene is the number one way to prevent the spread of
germs and to prevent infections.

9. COMPONENTS OF HANDWASHING
WATER
SOAP
HANDWASHING TECHNIQUE
RINSE
DRY

11. ORAL
HYGIENE

12. • Is a set of practices and habits that promote and protect
your teeth and gums.
• is the practice of keeping the mouth clean, and is considered to be
the best means of prevention of cavities (dental caries), gingivitis,
periodontitis, and other dental disorders.

13. • are terms used to describe infection prevention
measures to decrease the transmission of
respiratory illness
• is part of the standard precautions that should be
taken to prevent the spread of disease.
RESPIRATORY HYGIENE

14. PROPER COUGHING/SNEEZING
• Cover your mouth and nose with a
tissue when you cough or sneeze.
• Throw used tissues in the trash.
• If you don't have a tissue, cough
or sneeze into your elbow, not
your hands.

15. MENSTRUAL HYGIENE
• Is an essential aspect of hygiene
for women and adolescent girls
between menarche and
menopause.

16. FOOD HYGIENE
• Is a set of food manufacturing practices that aim to minimize
biological food hazards through safe and clean operations to
protect public health from foodborne diseases.
• handling, preparing and storing food in a way that best reduces
the risk of consumers becoming sick from the food-borne disease.

17. THE 4CS OF FOOD HYGIENE
• CLEANING
• COOKING
• CHILLING
• CROSS-CONTAMINATION

18. DEWORMING
• DEWORM ALL STUDENTS SEMI-ANNUALLY SUBJECT TO DOH
RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE CURRENT
PREVALENCE INDEX SURVEY;

19. WASH IN SCHOOLS ENHANCED ONLINE
MONITORING SYSTEM (E-OMS)

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21. DEPED ORDER 8 S. 2007

22. REFERENCE:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
UNICEF
DEPED ORDER NO. 10 S.2016
DEPED ORDER NO. 8 S. 2007