what does happy birthday have to do with hand washing
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WHAT DOES HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAVE TO DO WITH HAND WASHING. Sylvia Morris 5/6/12. Have a close look at your hands. What do you see?. Wrinkles Lines Skin marks Dry skin A healed scar. SO WHY IS HAND WAsHING SO IMPORTANT?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
• When you go to the toilet, blow your nose, cover your mouth when you cough, cook food, clean a dirty floor you pick up bugs on your hands.
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• When you care for a sick, young or old person, help keep them clean, touch their belongings you can pick up their bugs and then transfer them to the next person you touch.
Transient Bugs
• Bugs picked up from things you touch are called “transient” bugs.
• Transient means-moving from one place to another
• So “transient bugs don’t belong on your hands.
Resident Bugs• Many bugs live on your hands. They don’t cause any
harm. But if you have a cut or graze and it is not cleaned well those same bugs can get in and cause an infection.
• If you touch someone else’s cut or graze your bugs can also be passed on to them and cause an infection.
• “Resident” bugs live on your hands
• “Resident” means – it lives there.
Bugs• Bugs are too small to see just with your eyes.
• More than a thousand bugs would fit on the head of a small pin.
• So you can’t see them even with a magnifying lens, so you have to remember they are there and wash your hands often.
Routine wash- after most activities
Soap and water for 15 seconds. Gets rid of most “transient” and some “resident” bugs.
To help you stick to it you sing:
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear ……….
Happy Birthday to you
Aseptic Hand wash
For extra care- antiseptic soap and water for 1 minute.
The soap (called antiseptic) has a chemical in it that helps kill the “transient” and “resident” bugs.
Try singing the happy birthday tune to yourself 4 times.
Alcoholic hand rub
• Special situations -alcohol hand rub.
• The rub doesn’t clean hands but nearly all the “transient” and “resident” bugs will be killed for a short time.
• Cant be used all the time as it builds up on the skin
• Can be drying
Why do infections still spread?• People don’t wash their hands enough.
• People don’t wash their hands properly.
• This is the main reason infections still spread in the community and in hospitals.
Class activity• Put on a small amount of glogerm cream on hands (about
5 -10 cents size) • Rub all over your hands• Have a look under the UV lamp
• Wash your hands with:• Water alone• Soap and Water for 5 second• Soap and Water for 15 seconds • Soap and water for 1 minute