Transcript WASH YOUR HANDS!

Not until
you
wash
your
hands!
If only he’d
washed his
hands….
Handwashing is one of the most
practical and effective ways of
preventing the spread of disease.
World Health Organization
Do your
part!
Wash your
hands!
“Wash our hands! It is what our
mothers always told us – and they
were right. Hand washing is the
most effective way of reducing
the transmission of disease.”
The Canadian Journal of Infection Control
Spring 1999
The very
best kind
of people
wash their
hands.
All is in the hands of man.
Therefore wash them often.
Stanislaw J. Lec
Good
nurses
wash their
hands
Don't rule out working with your
hands. It does not preclude
using your head.
Andy Rooney
WASH YOUR HANDS!
I don’t
think I’ll
wash my
hands ….
The place to improve the world is
first in one's own heart and head
and hands.
Robert Pirsig
Cleanliness and order are not
matters of instinct; they are
matters of education, and like
most great things, you must
cultivate a taste for them.
Benjamin Disraeli
Are those hands clean?
Hand hygiene is a critical
element of any outbreak
prevention and control strategy.
CDC
I meant to
wash my
hands!
Infectious diseases, many of
which are spread by unclean
hands, remain the leading
cause of death and disease
worldwide and the third-leading
cause of death in the United
States.
CDC
Next time, he’ll wash his hands!
Their lives are in
your hands.
Wash them.
I don’t think that hussy washed
her hands.
“If every caregiver would reliably
practice simple hand hygiene when
leaving the bedside of every
patient and before touching the
next patient, there would be an
immediate and profound reduction
in the spread of resistant bacteria.”
Donald Goldman, NEJM 7/13/06
Says WASH YOUR HANDS!
Want to save some lives today?
Wash your hands.
Excuse me, doctor. Did you wash
your hands?
Never doubt that a small group
of thoughtful, committed
citizens can change the world.
Indeed, it's the only thing that
ever has.
Margaret Mead
I don’t
have to
wash my
hands.
I’m
wearing
gloves!
Not good enough, nurse!
Often the hands will solve
a mystery that the intellect
has struggled with in vain.
Carl G. Jung
Timmy knew Lassie would never
come until he washed his hands.
Put good health in good hands.
Wash yours.
Excuse me sir,
have you
WASHED that
hand?
Which one of you washed your
hands?
WASH YOUR HANDS!