How to perform hand hygiene

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Learn how to perform hand hygiene in hospital with soap and water and hand sanitizer.

Hand washing is perform routinely by healthcare provider to prevent the spread of germs. Mostly in hospital nurses are perform two types of hand washing, first is soap with water and second is hand sanitizer.

WHEN SHOULD PERFORM HAND HYGIENE IN HOSPITAL SETTING?

When you come to hospital perform proper medical hand washing.

Near the bed side and interact with the patient.

Before and after using toilet.

Before going to take food.

Before leaving the hospital setting.

FIVE MOVEMENT OF HAND HYGIENE NEAR BED SIDE……

In patient care unit nurse is performing hand sanitizer during…

  1. Before touching the patient.
  2. Before clean/aseptic procedure.
  3. After body fluid exposure.
  4. After touching the patient.
  5. After touching the patient surrounding.

How much time a nurse should do hand hygiene.

Nurse should keep in mind that at least 20-30 sec take time for hand sensitize and 1 minute for soap with water (medical hand washing).

Why time is important for hand hygiene?

Because in this time nurse use whole surface of hand. It  help to well friction and interact with micro-organism for killing them.

STEPS OF HAND SANITIZER…..

  1. Pour 70% alcohol in hand palm
  2. Rub both palm
  3. One palm with another back of hand interlacing
  4. Interlace both palm with finger
  5. Backs of fingers to opposing palms with fingers interlocked
  6. Rotational rubbing of thumb
  7. Rotational rubbing of finger tips on the palm

Once dry,now hand are ready for sterile procedure

STEPS OF MEDICAL HAND WASHING……

Before hand washing nurse keep in mind don’t hand and body parts to the sink .

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  1. Open the tap water.
  2. Pour the liquid soap in palm of hand.
  3. Rub
  4. …..
  5. both palm
  6. One palm with another back of hand interlacing
  7. Interlace both palm with finger
  8. Backs of fingers to opposing palms with fingers interlocked
  9. Rotational rubbing of thumb
  10. Rotational rubbing of finger tips on the palm
  11. Rotation rubbing of wrist.
  12. Now wash clean your hand with tap water and dry with sterile paper hand towel.

Take new paper towel for closing the tap.

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