DR.

OM PARKASH EYE INSTITUTE,

AMRITSAR

HAND HYGEINE
INFECTION CONTROL
WHY YOU SHOULD CLEAN YOUR HANDS ?

 PERSONAL HYGIENE –
•Hand washing with soap removes germs from hands.
•Removing germs through hand washing therefore
helps prevent diarrhea and respiratory infections and
may even help prevent skin and eye infections.

PROFESSIONAL HYGIENE –
• Protect the patient against harmful germs carried on your
hands or present on his/her own skin
• Protect yourself and the health-care environment from
harmful germs.
 5 STAGES OF INFECTION TRANSMISSION BY
HANDS
Germs on patient skin and immediate environment
surfaces

Germ onto health-care worker’s hands

Germs on hands for several minutes

Suboptimal or omitted hand cleansing results in

hands remaining contaminated.

Contaminated hands transmit germs via direct

contact with patient or patient’s immediate
environment
WHEN SHOULD I CLEAN HANDS ?

5 MOMENTS OF HAND HYGIENE

1 MOMENT

 BEFORE TOUCHING THE

PATIENT
2 MOMENT
 BEFORECLEAN / ASEPTIC
PROCEDURE
 3 MOMENT

 AFTER BODY FLUID EXPOSURE RISK

4 MOMENT

 AFTER TOUCHING THE

PATIENT
5 MOMENT
 AFTER TOUCHING PATIENT
SURROUNDINGS
HOW TO CLEAN HANDS ?
BACTORUB / SOAP AND WATER CLEANING
CLEANING WITH BACTORUB /
STERILLIUM

Handrubbing with alcohol-based handrub is the

preferred routine method of hand hygiene
if hands are not visibly soiled.

To effectively reduce the growth of germs on

hands, hand rubbing must be performed by
following all of the illustrated steps.

This takes only 20–30 seconds!

STEPS OF HAND HYGIENE WITH
BACTORUB
HAND WASHING WITH SOAP AND
WATER
 Handwashing with soap and
water – essential
when hands are visibly dirty or
visibly soiled (following visible
exposure to body fluids).

 To effectively reduce the growth

of germs on hands, hand
washing and should be
performed by following all of the
illustrated steps.

must last 30–40 seconds

STEPS OF HAND WASHING WITH SOAP
AND WATER
Goal 5: Reduce the risk of health care-
associated infections

ENSURING THE HAND

HYGIENE COMPLIANCE

WEAR PPE BEFORE

CONDUCTING THE
CLINICAL PROCEDURE