Health WHO Handwashing Poster

WASH HANDS WHEN VISIBLY SOILED! OTHERWISE, USE HANDRUB 
How to Handwash?	
Duration of the entire procedure: 40-60 seconds	
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Rub hands palm to palm;
Apply enough soap to cover 
all hand surfaces;
Wet hands with water;
Right palm over left dorsum with 
interlaced fingers and vice versa;
Palm to palm with fingers interlaced;
Backs of fingers to opposing palms 
with fingers interlocked;
Rotational rubbing of left thumb 
clasped in right palm and vice versa; Rotational rubbing, backwards and 
forwards with clasped fingers of right 
hand in left palm and vice versa;Rinse hands with water;
Your hands are now safe.
Use towel to turn off faucet;
Dry hands thoroughly
with a single use towel;	
A ll rea so nab le p re cau tio ns h ave b een t ake n b y the W orld H ealt h O rg an iz a tio n t o v erif y t he i nfo rm atio n c ontain ed i n t his  doc um en t. H ow eve r, t he p ub li s h ed  m ate ria l i s b ein g  d is tr ib ute d w it hou t w arrant y o f a ny k in d , 
eit her ex pre ss e d o r im pli e d . The r esp onsi bili ty fo r the i nte rp re ta tio n a nd u se o f the m ate ria l l ie s w it h t he rea der. I n n o ev en t s hall t he W orld Hea lt h O rg an iz a tio n b e l ia b le  fo r d am ag es a risi ng f rom i ts u se .	
WHO acknowledges the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG), in\
 particular the members of the Infection Control Programme, for their active participation in developing this material.	
May 2009