Hand Hygiene Is the #1 Way to Prevent the Spread of Infections

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• Alternative Title:
  Hand hygiene is the number one way to prevent the spread of infections
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Kimberly-Clark Corporation.
• Description:
  Take action and practice hand hygiene often.
  
  • Use soap and water or an alcohol based hand rub to clean your hands.
  
  • It only takes 15 seconds to practice hand hygiene.
  
  Ask those around you to practice hand hygiene.
  
  • Your doctors and nurses should practice hand hygiene every time they enter your room.
  
  • You and your visitors should clean your hands before eating, after using the restroom, and after touching surfaces in the hospital room.
  
  For more information, please visit www.cdc.gov/handhygiene or call 1800CDCINFO
  
  This poster was developed with support from the CDC Foundation and KimberlyClark Corporation.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Hand Disinfection Hand Hygiene Health Promotion
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Name as Subject:
  Hand Hygiene Saves Lives
• Genre:
  Poster
• Pages in Document:
  1 poster
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9ab6013ef4177ab9ffad958c65d806bf557da54b5ae6033bae14e78fbe862cade61b95a50850bcb2e72445c4e60974515bd4a9edcdbe59bf9cc710eeb87e14f4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/26142/cdc_26142_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.75 MB ]