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Handwashing Mabatid

This document outlines the proper handwashing procedure for a clinical instructor. It contains 14 steps for washing hands, including wetting hands, applying soap, rubbing different surfaces of the hands together, rinsing with water, and drying thoroughly. The goals of handwashing are to reduce the number of microorganisms on hands and prevent the transmission of infections to clients or oneself. Following the outlined procedure helps mechanically remove dirt, oils, and microbes to effectively cleanse the hands.

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Handwashing Mabatid

This document outlines the proper handwashing procedure for a clinical instructor. It contains 14 steps for washing hands, including wetting hands, applying soap, rubbing different surfaces of the hands together, rinsing with water, and drying thoroughly. The goals of handwashing are to reduce the number of microorganisms on hands and prevent the transmission of infections to clients or oneself. Following the outlined procedure helps mechanically remove dirt, oils, and microbes to effectively cleanse the hands.

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Name: Mixcy A.

Mabatid Section: N15


Supervising Clinical Instructor: Ms. Nathalie Fat Date of Lecture Demo: June 20, 2021

Handwashing

Basic Concept: Handwashing is a method of decontaminating hands and is considered as the


most effective infection control measure.
Objectives:
1. To reduce the number of microorganisms on the hands.
2. To reduce the risk of transmission of microorganisms in clients.
3. To reduce the risk of cross contamination among clients.
4. To reduce the risk of transmission of infectious organisms to oneself (Berman & Snyder,
2012).
Equipment:
Soap
Warm running water
Paper towels
Preparation:
1. Determine the location of the running water and soap or soap solution.
2. Assess the hands. Nails should be kept short and remove jewelry.
3. Check hands for break in the skin.
4. Fold back the sleeves of the uniform or laboratory gown if it hinders the procedure.

PROCEDURE RATIONALE
1. Open faucet and regulate flow of Water splashed from the contaminated
water. sink will contaminate clothing.
This would ensure that water should flow
2. Hold hands lower than elbows and from the least to the most contaminated
wet hands under running water. area, rinsing microorganisms into the
sink.
Soap cleanses by emulsifying fat and oil
and lowering surface tension. Friction and
3. Apply enough soap to cover all rubbing mechanically loosen and remove
hand surfaces. dirt and transient bacteria. Interlacing the
fingers and thumbs ensures that all
surfaces are cleansed.
The rubbing of hands from palm to palm
4. Rub hands palm to palm.
will obtain a good quantity of foam.
5. Then,
This will clean the fingers interlaced and
right palm over left dorsum in an
will remove the dirt.
interlaced fingers and vice versa.
With our palms with fingers are
6. Palm to palm with fingers
interlaced, it will clean the interdigital
interlaced.
spaces.
7. Back of fingers to opposing Prevents contamination of clean hands
palms with fingers interlocked. and fingers will clean
8. Rotational rubbing of left Thumbs are often out of place when
thumb clasped by the right palm cleaning the finger, so it is essential to
and vice versa. clean the thumb.
9. Rotational rubbing, backwards and
forwards with clasped fingers of Throughout hand washing the nails and
right hand to left palm and vice Fingertips are commonly missed.
versa.
Rubbing firmly and circularly to wash the
10. Then, the wrists. Left hand to right palms, in the back of the hands and the
wrists and vice versa. wrist help mechanically eliminate
microorganisms.
11. Rinse hands with water. To cleanse soap solution and dirt
12. Use paper towel to turn off faucet.
Wet towel and hands allow transfer of
Discard paper towel to appropriate
pathogens from faucet by capillary action
bin.
13. Dry hands thoroughly in a patting
Patting motion when drying hands are
motion with a single use paper
advisable to prevent chapping.
towel.
To stop spreading your germs to others.
14. Discard paper towels to Make sure in opening the bin using foot
appropriate bin. pedals only to avoid contaminating clean
hands

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