Hand hygiene
Washing your hands if one of the most basic things to do to prevent infectious disease. Contaminated hands can lead to us contracting illnesses that cause vomiting and diarrhoea or respiratory diseases like colds, coughs, flu or covid.
Wash your hands
When to wash your hands - if they are dirty!
BEFORE - touching your face, treating a wound, touching food, caring for an unwell person
AFTER - coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose
using the toilet or touching body fluids inc nappies
Touching surfaces in public places
Touching food/ raw meat/ rubbish/ waste
Touching animals or their food or waste
Caring for an unwell person
Going mud sliding at a festival
How to wash your hands properly - https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/best-way-to-wash-your-hands/
Hand sanitiser - better than nothing if no soap or water. Does not kill all germs including Norovirus.
Apply in similar technique as if washing hands in soap and water and wait for them to dry. Should take 20-30 seconds.
