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Essential Hand Hygiene Practices

The document discusses hand hygiene and its importance in preventing the spread of infection. It defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being according to the WHO. Hygiene refers to conditions and practices that help maintain health and prevent disease spread, including environmental cleaning, sterilization, hand hygiene, water/sanitation, and medical waste disposal. The document emphasizes that hand washing is the most important measure for preventing infectious disease transmission and outlines different hand hygiene techniques such as using alcohol, washing for 10-15 seconds, and washing before and after surgery. It concludes that hand hygiene is the most effective way to prevent infections acquired in healthcare settings.

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Essential Hand Hygiene Practices

The document discusses hand hygiene and its importance in preventing the spread of infection. It defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being according to the WHO. Hygiene refers to conditions and practices that help maintain health and prevent disease spread, including environmental cleaning, sterilization, hand hygiene, water/sanitation, and medical waste disposal. The document emphasizes that hand washing is the most important measure for preventing infectious disease transmission and outlines different hand hygiene techniques such as using alcohol, washing for 10-15 seconds, and washing before and after surgery. It concludes that hand hygiene is the most effective way to prevent infections acquired in healthcare settings.

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INEU RAHMAWATI

ASEP SUMANTRI
WILDANI SUDRAJAT
SITI APRIANTI
Hand hygiene
GRUP 4
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Health
According to the World Health Organization,
health is a state of complete physical, mental
and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity.

Hygiene

The definition of hygiene is healthy habits
that include bathing, keeping the mouth
clean, keeping the skin protected from the
sun and washing hands frequently before
handling edibles to insure the safe delivery
of food.
Hygiene
Hygiene refers to conditions and practices
that help to maintain health and prevent the
spread of diseases. Medical hygiene therefore
includes a specific set of practices associated
with this preservation of health, for example
environmental cleaning, sterilization of
equipment, hand hygiene, water and
sanitation and safe disposal of medical waste.

Hand hygiene
Hand washing is generally
considered to be the most important
measure in preventing the spread of
infection.
Visible soiling
Hands that are visibly soiled or potentially
grossly contaminated with dirt or organic
material MUST by washed with liquid
soap and water


Hand Hygiene Techniques
1. Rubs your hands with alcohol
2. washing your hands 10-15 seconds
regulary
3. Using Anti septic within 1 minute
4. Wash your hands before and after surgical
3-5 minutes
Washing hand method
Hand Care
1. Nails care, for ex. Cuts and abrasions your
nails
2. Use hand lotion or cream for problem of
your hand

conclusion
Hand hygiene is the most simple, most
effective way to prevent infections
acquired where we are


Thank you

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