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Touching a communal bottle of alcohol-based sanitizer will not infect you.
Once you have sanitized your hands, you have disinfected them from any germs that may have been on the bottle. If everyone uses sanitizer in a public place such as a supermaker entrance; the risk of germs on communal items will be lower and will help keep everyonesafe.
The amount of alcohol-based sanitizer you use matters.
Apply a palmful of alcohol-based sanitizer to cover all surfaces of your hands; Rub your hands together using the right technique until they are dry.
The entire procedure should last 20-30 seconds.
COVID-19: The amount of alcohol-based sanitizer you use matters
Implement the core components of infection prevention and control programmes.
The starting point for implementing the World Health Organization core components of infection prevention and control programmes at the national and health care facility level,
The purpose of this document is to present and promote the minimum requirements for IPC programmes at the national and health care facility level, identified by expert consensus according to available evidence and in the context of the WHO core components.
The minimum requirements are defined as: IPC standards that should be in place at the national and facility level to provide minimum protection and safety to patients, HCWs and visitors, based on the WHO core components for IPC programmes.
The WHO Team on Infection Prevention and Control UHL.
Before touching a patient.
WHY? To protect the patient against colonization and, in some cases, against exogenous infection, by harmful germs carried on your hands WHEN? Clean your hands before touching a patient when approaching him/her*
Situations when Moment 1 applies: a) Before shaking hands, before stroking a child’s forehead b) Before assisting a patient in personal care activities: to move, to take a bath, to eat, to get dressed, etc c) Before delivering care and other non-invasive treatment: applying oxygen mask, giving a massage c) Before performing a physical non-invasive examination: taking pulse, blood pressure, chest auscultation, recording ECG
After touching a patient.
WHY? To protect you from colonization with patient germs and to protect the health-care environment from germ spread WHEN? Clean your hands when leaving the patient’s side, after having touched the patient *
Situations when Moment 4 applies, if they correspond to the last contact with the patient before leaving him / her: a) After shaking hands, stroking a child’s forehead b) After you have assisted the patient in personal care activities: to move, to bath, to eat, to dress, etc c) After delivering care and other non-invasive treatment: changing bed linen as the patient is in, applying oxygen mask, giving a massage d) After performing a physical non-invasive examination: taking pulse, blood pressure, chest auscultation, recording ECG
After touching patient surroundings.
WHY? To protect you from colonization with patient germs that may be present on surfaces / objects in patient surroundings and to protect the health-care environment against germ spread WHEN? Clean your hands after touching any object or furniture when living the patient surroundings, without having touched the patient*
This Moment 5 applies in the following situations if they correspond to the last contact with the patient surroundings, without having touched the patient: a) After an activity involving physical contact with the patients immediate environment: changing bed linen with the patient out of the bed, holding a bed trail, clearing a bedside table. b) After a care activity: adjusting perfusion speed, clearing a monitoring alarm. c) After other contacts with surfaces or inanimate objects (note – ideally try to avoid these unnecessary activities): leaning against a bed, leaning against a night table / bedside table.
How to Prevent the Common Cold
In keeping with my flu shot season theme, I want to give you all some hints on how to stay healthy this flu season.
There are many other (200+!!!) viruses besides the influenza virus that may not kill you but will make you feel sick with the common cold. They have some interesting names such as Rhinovirus and Coronavirus.
They are spread from person to person in three main ways.
1.Hand contact from person to person or from contaminated surfaces to person.
2. Small particle droplets from sneezing and coughing.
3. Large particle droplets that require close contact.
Viruses can live on surfaces such as shopping carts, countertops and doorknobs for several hours. Much of the spread is due to touching these surfaces then touching our eyes, nose and mouth. You can also spread your cold when you cough on your hands and then touch these surfaces as well.
There are some things that you can do to prevent getting and spreading the common cold. These include:
1. Cough into crook of your arm or tissue instead of into your hand
2. Don't touch your eye, nose or mouth without cleaning your hands first.
3. Clean your hands with alcohol based hand sanitizers. Wait till they dry in about 10-20 seconds before touching your face. Have them in your car when you get out of a public place and rub some on.
4 .Spray surfaces with Lysol spray. The phenol and alcohol in these sprays helps kill viruses.
5. Get adequate sleep.
6. Manage your stress.
7 Exercise five times per week for 30 minutes.
Here is a cute link for you to see how germs spread from Bill Nye the Science Guy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT-1e0lmESc
