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    Handwashing involves 15 steps to thoroughly cleanse hands and remove microorganisms. The key steps are to place a towel on your shoulder, remove jewelry, wet hands under running water, apply soap and create lather while rubbing hands together and fingers, rinse from clean to dirty areas keeping hands lower than arms, and dry completely from fingers to wrist using a towel to turn off the faucet. Following these steps and rubbing hands together vigorously helps remove dirt and microbes to prevent the spread of infection.

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    Handwashing involves 15 steps to thoroughly cleanse hands and remove microorganisms. The key steps are to place a towel on your shoulder, remove jewelry, wet hands under running water, apply soap and create lather while rubbing hands together and fingers, rinse from clean to dirty areas keeping hands lower than arms, and dry completely from fingers to wrist using a towel to turn off the faucet. Following these steps and rubbing hands together vigorously helps remove dirt and microbes to prevent the spread of infection.

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    Handwashing involves 15 steps to thoroughly cleanse hands and remove microorganisms. The key steps are to place a towel on your shoulder, remove jewelry, wet hands under running water, apply soap and create lather while rubbing hands together and fingers, rinse from clean to dirty areas keeping hands lower than arms, and dry completely from fingers to wrist using a towel to turn off the faucet. Following these steps and rubbing hands together vigorously helps remove dirt and microbes to prevent the spread of infection.

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    Handwashing With Rationale

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    Handwashing involves 15 steps to thoroughly cleanse hands and remove microorganisms. The key steps are to place a towel on your shoulder, remove jewelry, wet hands under running water, apply soap and create lather while rubbing hands together and fingers, rinse from clean to dirty areas keeping hands lower than arms, and dry completely from fingers to wrist using a towel to turn off the faucet. Following these steps and rubbing hands together vigorously helps remove dirt and microbes to prevent the spread of infection.

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    STEPS/PROCEDURE RATIONALE

    1
    Place hand towel on non-dominant shoulder.  So that it is easily available when needed after the handwashing.
     To avoid delay or minimize waste of time.
     Inspect hands for cuts/breaks and visible soiling.
     Poor personal hygiene and an open are of the skin provide areas in which microorganisms are able to grow.
    2 Assess hands. Remove your watch and jewelry.  The hands will be cleansed adequately to remove microorganisms and dirt from the skin.
     Microorganisms can lodge in the settings of jewelry and under rings.
     Removal of these will facilitate cleaning of the hands and arms.
     Open the faucet and wet hands to start handwashing.
     Hands are the most contaminated part of the upper extremities.
    3 Open/turn on the faucet. Wet hands.  Water should follow from wrists (least contaminated areas) over the hands and then down the drain.
     Flow must be adjusted to avoid splashing water in the uniform or clothing.
     Splashing water in uniform/clothing may result in contamination as moisture breeds microorganisms.
    Soap hands forming a good lather. If bar soap is
    4 used, place soap in between palms. If liquid soap,  Soap lather emulsifies fats and aids in cleaning.
    place 2 - 5 ml. of liquid soap on the palm.
    5 A. Palm to palm.
    6 B. Right hand over left dorsum and vice versa.
    7 C. Palm to palm with fingers interlaced.
    8
    D. Back of the fingers to opposing palms with
    fingers interlocked.
     Friction caused by firm rubbing and circular motion helps loosen dirt and microorganism.
    E. Rub thumb in a rotating manner followed by
    9 the area between index finger & thumb for both
    hands.
    10
    F. Rotational rubbing of palms forward and
    backward.
    11 G. Rub both wrists in a rotating manner.
    Keep hands away from the sink. Rinse hands and
    12  Rinsing removes the loosened microorganisms.
    wrist thoroughly.
    Keep hand lower than arms to observe the  This position prevents microbes from being rinse off from the most contaminated part to the least.
    13 principle from the CLEANEST TO THE  The water should run from the cleaner areas (the wrist) over the hands, then down the drain, rinsing microorganisms
    DIRTIEST" away.
     Contamination is prevented by drying from the least to the most contaminated areas.
    14 Dry thoroughly from fingers to wrist.  Drying the skin well prevents chapping.
     Blotting rather than rubbing helps prevent skin irritation.
    Close/turn off the faucet using your hand towel  To prevent the transfer of microbes from faucet to your hands.
    15 placing a barrier between your hands and the  This prevents the nurse from picking up microorganisms from the faucet handles.
    faucet.

    HANDWASHING

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