It just takes 5 steps to practice good handwashing - that makes 30 seconds to prevent the spread of infections:
If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.
Clean hands are crucial to building a cleaner, healthier future. Just as important as how you are washing your hands is when you are cleaning them during the day. Identifying important moments helps to understand when we can spread infections or are at risks of contamination. Ecolab is committed to helping you ensure you can keep your operations running and people in your facility protected. You can find guidance and advice about when to clean your hands.3
As you leave your home, after the last thing you touch.
When you return to your home before you have touched anything.
After touching anything you have brought into the home.
Before you enter a public place, before touching anything ie; office, factory.
After touching anything in a public space.
After you are leaving a public place, after the last thing you touch.
Before and anytime you touch your face (also when wearing a face mask).
After touching animals.
Before you prepare food, eat and after you have finished eating.
After you take your face covering off.
After sneezing or coughing.
After using the toilet.
Watch the recording to an event we held with Global Infection Prevention experts, Julie Storr and Claire Kilpatrick. They provide insights and guidance to identify the most important moments when you should clean your hands.
References:
1 Beale S, Johnson AM, Zambon M et al. Hand Hygiene Practices and the Risk of Human Coronavirus Infections in a UK Community Cohort [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]. Wellcome Open Res 2020, 5:98 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15796.1)
2 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18556606
3Produced by British Psychology Society & Global IPC experts Julie Storr & Claire Kilpatrick
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