How to do a Proper Hand Washing

Get ready to scrub away germs and keep your hands clean! Proper hand washing is easy, effective, and essential for staying healthy. Let’s dive in! Proper hand washing is an essential hygiene practice that helps prevent the spread of germs and diseases. Here’s a step-by-step guide on effective hand washing techniques:

1. Wet your hands: Turn on the faucet and wet your hands with clean, running water. Make sure the water is at a comfortable temperature.

2. Apply soap: Use enough soap to cover all surfaces of your hands. Bar soap or liquid soap both work effectively.

3. Rub palms together: Rub your palms together vigorously in a circular motion. This helps create a lather and spread the soap over your hands.

4. Interlace fingers: Interlock your fingers and rub them together. Ensure that the soap reaches the areas between your fingers.

5. Scrub the backs of your hands: Place the back of one hand on the palm of the opposite hand and rub them together with fingers interlaced. Repeat for the other hand.

6. Clean your thumbs: Wrap your left hand’s fingers around your right thumb, and rub it in a rotational motion. Repeat for the other thumb.

7. Clean your fingertips: With your fingers curled, rub the fingertips of each hand against the palm of the opposite hand in a circular motion.

8. Scrub your nails: Rub the palm of one hand against the other hand’s fingertips, applying pressure to clean under your nails. Repeat for the other hand.

9. Rinse thoroughly: Place your hands under clean, running water to wash away the soap and loosened dirt and germs. Ensure that all the soap is rinsed off.

10. Dry your hands: Use a clean towel or an air dryer to dry your hands completely. If possible, use a disposable towel or tissue to turn off the faucet to avoid recontamination.

Remember, it is recommended to wash your hands for at least 20 seconds, which is roughly the time it takes to sing the “Happy Birthday” song twice.

Fun Hand Washing Rhyme:

 

If germs you wish to ditch,
Start with a splash, make it rich.
Lather soap with a bubble flair,
Scrub to the beat, hands in the air.
Hum a tune, twice, no despair,
Rinse and dry, now that’s hand care!

Regular and thorough hand washing is an effective way to maintain good hygiene and reduce the risk of spreading infections.