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- 1. Health education program for hand wash
- 2. Global hand washing day- OCT 15 Global Hand washing Day occurs on 15 October of every year. Global Handwashing Day was initiated by the Global Handwashing Partnership (GHP) in August 2008 at the annual World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden. In 2008, Global Handwashing Day was celebrated for the first time.
- 3. Father of hand wash Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian doctor is known as the father of hand hygiene. Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865)
- 4. Importance Of Hand wash • Germs can spread from person to person. • Washing hands can keep you healthy and prevent the spread of Respiratory infection Diarrheal infection Gastrointestinal infections Salmonellosis Influenza Cold Coronavirus (COVID -19)
- 5. How to wash your hands • Wet your hands with clean, running water • Apply soap and lather well for 20 seconds • Rub hands together rapidly • Don’t forget the backs of your hands, your wrists, between your fingers and under your fingernails. • Rinse well under running water • Dry your hands using a clean towel. • Duration of entire procedure 40-60 secs
- 7. When to wash your hands • After using the toilet • Before eating • After blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing • After handling animals
- 8. • Before, during and after preparing food • After handling rubbish • Before and after attending to sick people
- 9. Personal hygiene • Keeping hands clean • Nail hygiene • Facial cleanliness • Menstrual hygiene • Foot hygiene
- 10. • Clean your body every day • Brushing your teeth twice a day. • Toilet hygiene • Coughing and sneezing hygiene