Sylvia T. David

HANDWASHING

Your 5 Moments of Hand Hygiene

1. Before Patient Contact

• Clean hands before approaching and touching a patient

2. Before a Clean / Aseptic Task

• Clean hands immediately before any clean / aseptic task

3. After bodily fluid exposure risk

• Clean hands after an exposure risk (and after glove removal)

4. After patient contact

• Clean hands after touching a patient and immediate surroundings

5. After contact with the patient’s surroundings

• Clean hands after touching a patient’s objects even if the patient wasn’t

touched

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1. Wet Hands with warm running water

2. Rub each area together counting “1-2-3-4-5”

3. Rinse hand thoroughly with a paper towel.

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5 Moments of Hand Hygiene

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WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in

Health Care (revised Aug 2009)

Reference

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THANK YOU

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