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4.9: Skills Checklist- Hand Hygiene With Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer

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    1. Gather Supplies: Antiseptic hand rub
    2. Procedure Steps:
      • Remove jewelry according to agency policy; push your sleeves above your wrists.
      • Apply enough product into the palm of one hand and enough to cover your hands thoroughly per product directions.
      • Rub your hands together, covering all surfaces of your hands and fingers with antiseptic until the alcohol is dry (a minimum of 30 seconds):
        • Rub hands palm to palm
        • Rub back of right and left hand (fingers interlaced)
        • Rub palm to palm with fingers interlaced
        • Perform rotational rubbing of left and right thumbs
        • Rub your fingertips against the palm of your opposite hand
        • Rub your wrists
      • Repeat hand sanitizing sequence a minimum of two times.
      • Repeat hand sanitizing sequence until the product is dry.

    View a YouTube video[1] of an instructor demonstrating hand hygiene with alcohol-based hand sanitizer:

     

    1. Chippewa Valley Technical College. (2022, December 3). Hand Hygiene With Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer. [Video]. YouTube. Video licensed under CC BY 4.0. https://youtu.be/rTuO8SYYfNo ↵

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