Wash your hands with soap and water, when your hands are visibly dirty .
The duration should be 40 seconds to 60 seconds.
Once you learn and understand the technique, Make sure you make it a HABIT and follow it regularly, everyday!
Proper Hand-washing Steps according to W.H.O :
Step 0 — Wet your hands with water
Step 1 — Apply enough soap to cover all hand surfaces
Step 2 — Rub hands Palm to Palm
Step 3 — Right palm over left dorsum with interlaced fingers and vice versa
Step 4 — Palm to Palm with fingers interlaced
Step 5 — Back of fingers to opposing Palms with fingers interlocked
Step 6 — Rotational rubbing of left thumb clasped in right palm and vice versa
Step 7 — Rotational rubbing, backwards and forwards with clasped fingers of right hand in left palm and vice versa
Step 8 — Rinse hands with water
Step 9 — Dry hands thoroughly with single use tissue papers
Step 10 — Use tissue papers to turn off faucet
Step 11 — Your hands are now SAFE !
Keep Practising it for proper Hand hygiene and to prevent infection.
Remember Hand Hygiene is Any action of hygienic hand antisepsis in order to reduce transient microbial flora (generally performed either by handrubbing with an alcohol-based formulation or handwashing with plain or antimicrobial soap and water).
