To Wash, or Not to Wash. That is the Question.

1. To Wash, or Not to Wash. That is the Question.

2. Why should you wash your hands? Washing your hands is the best way to stop germs from spreading.

3. Common ways germs are spread. Nose, mouth, or eyes to hands to others. Hands to food.

4. Common ways germs are spread. Food to hands to food. Infected person to hands to other people.

5. Common ways germs are spread. Animals to people.

6. Hidden Germs • More bacteria on your body than people U.S. • 21,000 germs per square inch on work desks.

7. Hidden Germs • 229,000 germs per square inch on faucet handles.

8. Hidden Germs • Kitchen Sink. • Sponge. • Pens, pencils, crayons. • Light Switches. • Keyboards. • Doorknobs. • Dishcloth.

9. How Some Diseases Are Spread • Fecal-oral Transmission. • Salmonella, Shigellosis, Cholera.

10. How Some Diseases Are Spread • Indirect contact with respiratory secretions. • Influenza, Strep diseases, Colds.

11. How Some Diseases Are Spread • When hands are contaminated with urine, saliva, etc. • Typhoid, staph diseases, mononucleosis.

12. Washing Your Hands • When do you wash your hands?

13. Washing Your Hands • Coughing or blowing nose. • Eating and cooking. • Going to the bathroom. • Playing with animals.

14. Washing Your Hands • Playing or working outside. • Touching sores or infected areas. • Handling raw meat.

15. Washing Your Hands • Must have: • Soap • Warm water • Friction

16. Washing Your Hands • Steps for washing hands: • Wet hands with warm water. • Add soap.

17. Washing Your Hands • Steps for washing hands: • Rub hands for 20 seconds. • Wash all surfaces.

18. Washing Your Hands • Steps for washing hands: • Rinse. • Keep fingers pointing down. • Dry your hands.

19. Washing Your Hands • Steps for washing hands: • Hold towel – turn off faucet and open door.

20. Review Washing Your Hands. • Click here for Video.