How to wash your hands

Washing your hands can help protect you against germs and illnesses. This video reminds us how to wash our hands effectively.

Do the preparation task first. Then watch the video and do the exercises. Remember you can read the transcript at any time.

Transcript

As you know, flu season is upon us. You're coming in contact with the flu virus and many other germs. They're on shopping carts, door handles, even around your house. You may not even realise how many times you're touching your nose, your mouth, your eyes, and you're going to get sick from it.

The best way to prevent this is to wash your hands with a good old-fashioned bar of soap. The first thing you want to do – turn on the water to a warm temperature, get a good lather going in your hands. Be sure to wash the palms of your hands. Take that, wash the back sides as well. Try to focus on getting your thumbs nice and clean and soapy, and in between your fingers. And, if you can, make sure you wash the tips as well.

When you're all done, rinse off your hands, take a paper towel, dry off, use the paper towel to turn off the water.

The best length of time to wash your hands is 20 seconds. If you want something a little more fun, you can hum 'Happy Birthday' in your head two times, and you'll be just great.

Protect yourself, protect your family this season against all the germs and viruses that are out there.

Clean hands for a healthy life.

© Rush University Medical Centre

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Submitted by Eban on Fri, 27/03/2020 - 15:39

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Thanks for the material... but the amount of water that is wasted is tremendous (even worse if we think about everyone around the world who is lucky to have water at home, doing it). The tap should be washed and closed during the process of using the soap. Then you open again (already clean) and wash your hands.
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Submitted by Josh on Thu, 26/03/2020 - 18:24

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I think this video is from an American (US) doctor... Is that right?

Submitted by rpikeri on Thu, 19/03/2020 - 18:36

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The video makes a big difference.