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When to Wash
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After using the restroom
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Before, during, and after preparing food, especially raw meat, poultry, or seafood
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Before and after meals and snacks
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Before inserting or removing contact lenses
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After touching animals or handling animal waste
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After changing a diaper
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Before and after caring for someone who is sick or injured
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After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing
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More frequently when you or someone in your home is sick
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Anytime your hands are dirty
Wash Your Hands the Right Way
- Wet hands with warm running water prior to reaching for soap, either in bar or liquid form.
- Rub hands together to make a lather. Do this away from running water, so the lather isn’t washed away.
- Wash the front and back of hands, between fingers and under nails. Continue washing for 20 seconds.
- Rinse hands well under warm running water.
- Dry hands thoroughly with a clean towel or air dryer.
- Alcohol based hand sanitizers or gels or antibacterial wipes are useful alternatives if soap and water are not available (for example, when traveling in the car or taxi on the way to a business meeting, before eating an in-flight meal or snack, outdoor work settings, etc
When Soap & Water are not Available – Use Hand Sanitizer or Hand Wipes
Alcohol based hand sanitizers or gels or antibacterial wipes are useful alternatives if soap and water are not available (for example, when traveling in the car or taxi on the way to a business meeting, before eating an in-flight meal or snack, outdoor work settings, etc.)
Hand Sanitizers:
- Use one or two squirts or pumps of the product.
- Rub hands together briskly, including the front and back, between fingers, around and under nails until hands are dry.
Wipes:
- Wipe all areas of hands until they are visibly clean.
- Use one or more wipes and dispose in an appropriate trash container.
- Let hands air dry.
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