Hand Hygiene

When washing your hands, how long should you rub them together?

• 45 seconds

• 2 minutes

• 20 seconds

• 4 minutes

When you are done washing your hands you should dry them with what?

• A dirty hand towel

• The tail of your shirt

• A clean hand towel or let them air dry

• Slap them on your pants

Clean water must be used when washing your hands.

• True

• False

Good hand hygiene prevents about _____% of avoidable infections.

• 20%

• 75%

• 12%

• 50%

World Hand Hygiene Day is May 16th.

• True

• False

Hand sanitizers should contain at least ____% alcohol in order to clean our hands.

• 60%

• 72%

• 90%

• 23%

What are the areas of the hand that should be included when you are washing your hands?

• Back of your hands and between fingers

• The palm of hands only

• Back of your hands, between fingers, and around nails

I should turn the faucet off immediately after washing my hands, then dry them with a clean towel.

• True

• False

What are the proper procedures for using hand sanitizers?

• Use a cup-sized drop of sanitizer in the palm of your hand, spread the sanitizer all over your palm, rub each of your palms together, and use a hand towel to dry your hands

• Use enough sanitizer to cover all hand surfaces, spread sanitizer all over your palm, rub each of your palms together, and use a hand towel to dry your hands

• Use enough sanitizer to cover all hand surfaces, spread sanitizer all over your palm, rub each of your palms together and rub until your hands are dry

• Use a coin-sized drop of sanitizer in the palm of your hand, spread sanitizer all over your palm, rub each of your palms together, and use a hand towel to dry your hands

When should you not use hand sanitizer?

• When your hands are wet

• Before and after visiting a friend or loved one in a hospital or nursing home

• When your hands are visibly dirty or greasy