#HAND WASHING ARTCLIP SKIN#

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends the following steps when washing one's hands for the prevention of transmission of disease: This poster can be used to raise awareness on that topic amongst school children. Poster about when to wash hands to raise awareness about hygiene.

#HAND WASHING ARTCLIP SKIN#

Moisturizing lotion is often recommended to keep the hands from drying out dry skin can lead to skin damage which can increase the risk for the transmission of infection. However, frequent hand washing can lead to skin damage due to drying of the skin. When both hand washing and using hand sanitizer are not available, hands can be cleaned with uncontaminated ash and clean water, although the benefits and harms are uncertain for reducing the spread of viral or bacterial infections. These include the five critical times during the day where washing hands with soap is important to reduce fecal-oral transmission of disease: after using the toilet (for urination, defecation, menstrual hygiene), after cleaning a child's bottom (changing nappies), before feeding a child, before eating and before/after preparing food or handling raw meat, fish, or poultry. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends washing hands for at least 20 seconds before and after certain activities. Hand hygiene is central to preventing the spread of infectious diseases in home and everyday life settings. If soap and water are unavailable, hand sanitizer that is at least 60% ( v/v) alcohol in water can be used instead, unless hands are visibly excessively dirty or greasy.

Drying of the washed hands is part of the process as wet and moist hands are more easily recontaminated. Hand washing (or handwashing), also known as hand hygiene, is the act of cleaning one's hands with soap or handwash and water to remove viruses/ bacteria/ microorganisms, dirt, grease, or other harmful and unwanted substances stuck to the hands.

Hand washing artclip