Hand Washing

How disgusted are you when you are in a public restroom and someone does not wash their hands? Ew. How would you feel if your nurse didnt wash their hands after dealing with your sick roommate? It happens. You do not want to be the cause of a nosocomial infection (a hospital acquired infection) and the first way to prevent this from occuring is to wash your hands. You should be doing it for at least 30 seconds and there should be a lot of suds!! Like so:



This is just a googled image of "hand washing suds". Sounds dumb, but come on. Your hands dont even feel clean unless you get the suds going. And the quick water rinse with no soap is just gross. Dont even try if you're just going to rinse.



Obviously I took this picture, seeing as it's flipped. Hand sanitizer. Not a replacement for hand washing BUT is good for inbetween patients and after touching things the contagious patient came in contact with (i.e. food tray or personal belongings).