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Hand Hygiene

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Step 1 of hand washing Wet hands, forearms, and elbows with warm, running water. Keep your hands lower than your elbows to prevent water, soil & germs from running up arm to clothes.
Step 2 of hand washing Apply soap and generate lather. Using firm circular motions, rub the soap to lather your hands, forearms & elbows briskly for 15 sec (btwn fingers, back of hands, fingernail brush)
Step 3 of hand washing Rinse thoroughly until all lather is removed. Allow water to run from fingers to the elbows.
Step 4 of hand washing Using clean paper towels, pat dry the hands and forearms well. Rubbing can chap or irritate the skin.
Step 5 of hand washing Using same paper towels, turn off water valves and also use to touch door handles.
Step 6 of hand washing Discard the paper towels
Step 1 of using hand sanitizer Apply product to palm of one hand
Step 2 of using hand sanitizer Rub hands together, covering all surfaces of hands, forearms, and elbows.
Step 3 of using hand sanitizer Continue rubbing until the product is absorbed (about 15 sec)
Glove removal Peel 1st glove off cuff to fingers so it's inside out. Put removed glove in palm of gloved hand. Peel off 2nd glove cuff to fingers so it's inside out. Discard gloves. Immediately wash hands.
Glove use required (1) handling contaminated lines (2) when in contact with mucous membranes - mouth or nose (3) during massage when you have an open wound.
Hand Sanitizer vs. hand washing foam or gel alcohol based (60-70%) is more effective and takes less time than hand washing with soap and water
Advantages of using hand sanitizer doesn't promote antimicrobial resistance, is less irritating to the skin, and doesn't require water
antibacterial soap contains antimicrobial ingredients, but is no more effective at killing bacteria than plain soap and it can cause a person to become resistant to antibiotics and can possibly affect hormones.
antimicrobial ingredients chemicals added to antibacterial soaps to kill bacteria but the it kills both bad & good bacteria, can affect hormones & build a resistance to antibiotics
sanitation measures taken for the sake of cleanliness, protecting health, etc....to remove germs
types of gloves latex, nitrile, & vinyl
latex gloves thin, strong and conforms to your hands well, but most massage lubricants are oil based and break down latex and some people are allergic to latex
nitrile gloves most popular non-latex glove: can be used with oil based massage lubricants and are almost as flexible as latex
vinyl gloves thicker than latex and nitrile, not as stretchy, do NOT conform well to hands, ok to use with oil based lubricants, most expensive
contaminated to make impure or unsuitable by contact such as germs (contaminated sheets - sheets used by a massage client)
Created by: ben.ethridge
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