Which is a good time to wash your hands?

Which is a good time to wash your hands?

• A. After hand contaminated items
• B. All the above
• C. When first arriving
• D. Before and after touching a client

Answer: (B)

Washing hands at multiple key moments helps prevent spreading infections. In home health care, you should clean your hands when you first arrive at the client's home to remove any germs you might bring in, before you touch the client to protect them from germs on your hands, after you touch the client or anything around them to avoid transferring germs, and after handling items that could be contaminated to stop germs from moving to you or others. If hands are visibly dirty or you've been exposed to bodily fluids, use soap and water; otherwise an alcohol-based sanitizer is usually acceptable. Because all of these moments are important for reducing transmission, washing your hands at all of them is the best approach.

Washing hands at multiple key moments helps prevent spreading infections. In home health care, you should clean your hands when you first arrive at the client's home to remove any germs you might bring in, before you touch the client to protect them from germs on your hands, after you touch the client or anything around them to avoid transferring germs, and after handling items that could be contaminated to stop germs from moving to you or others. If hands are visibly dirty or you've been exposed to bodily fluids, use soap and water; otherwise an alcohol-based sanitizer is usually acceptable. Because all of these moments are important for reducing transmission, washing your hands at all of them is the best approach.