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When to Wash Hands & How to Wash Hands Video

Manpreet Kaur PGSHC '07

(Directly acquired from the CDC website)

Hands should be washed after the following activities:

After touching bare human body parts other than clean hands and clean, exposed portions of arms
After using the toilet
After coughing, sneezing, using a handkerchief or disposable tissue, using tobacco, eating or drinking
After handling soiled equipment or utensils
After food preparation, as often as necessary to remove soil and contamination and to prevent cross-contamination when changing tasks
After switching between working with raw food and working with ready-to-eat food
After engaging in other activities that contaminate the hands.

For more information go to:

This is a funny video showing how germs are passed from one place to another.

How to Properly Wash your hands video:

This one's a fun video for the more little kids.

This one is a funny hand washing rap.