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Are you regularly washing your hands?

April 21, 2023

Regular hand washing with soap and water remains an essential part of good hygiene and helps prevent the spread of COVID-19, as well as other illnesses such as colds, flu and stomach bugs.

Your hands are the main pathway of germ transmission. Hand hygiene is therefore one of the most important measures to avoid the transmission of coronavirus. It is important to wash your hands thoroughly and more often, for at least 20 seconds each time with water and soap or hand gel.

Colleagues are advised to follow the five moments of hand washing:

  1. Before touching a patient
  2. Before clean/aseptic procedures
  3. After body fluid exposure/risk
  4. After touching a patient
  5. After touching patient surroundings.

Watch this short video to remind yourself of the how to effectively wash your hands.