First, maintaining hand hygiene is the most basic, simple and effective means to effectively prevent and control the spread of pathogens, thus reducing the incidence of hospital infection. Especially after washing hands with soap, the number of hand bacteria is reduced by 65%-84% compared with that during operation. The more times you wash your hands, the more obvious the reduction of hand bacteria is. Therefore, paying attention to hand hygiene is the key to control bacterial infection.

Second, the correct way to wash your hands should be:

First, turn on the tap and wash your hands with running water, so that the whole hand is fully soaked;

Evenly apply soap or washing liquid to cover palms, backs of hands, fingers and fingers, and then rub hands and wrists repeatedly for at least 30 seconds;

Finally, rinse with running water until there are no soap bubbles on your hands. When washing, put down your fingertips and hang down your hands to prevent dirty water from polluting your hands and forearms again.

If your hands are dirty, you can wash them two or three times.

After washing your hands, be sure to dry your hands with a clean personal towel or disposable sterile paper towel; You can also use an automatic hand dryer to dry or let wet hands dry automatically.