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Clean your hands often to prevent spread of illness, Oaklawn Hospital expert says One of the best ways to prevent yourself and others from ge�ing sick is to clean your hands regularly, an Oaklawn specialist urges. But chances are you’re not doing it as often as you should or with the best methods. As a result, you may be pu�ing yourself and others at risk of spreading an illness. “Cleaning your hands seems to be such a simple, easy thing, and most people think they are cleaning their hands – but often they’re not,” said Sarah LaSalle, infection preventionist at Oaklawn Hospital. “The reality is that you have to pay a�ention to how you do it.” In fact, you’re probably missing a great many riskcreating germs each time you clean, she said. As the nation heads deeper into the flu season, stopping a potential infection in its tracks becomes vital, said LaSalle. “I really didn’t know how to clean my own hands until I went into infection control,” said LaSalle. “But, because it’s a basic rule of cleanliness, it’s among the most effective ways to keep infection and illness from spreading. “That’s true no ma�er where you are – at home or at work – but also in places where germs need to be controlled, such as in child-care se�ings and hospitals. “Keeping your hands clean can prevent germs from spreading to your friends,
your co-workers and to your community. And, since it’s so simple, why not get into the habit – and do it?” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also says keeping one’s hands clean is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of infection and illness. One of LaSalle’s tasks at Oaklawn is to make sure staff members get proper instruction about how to clean their hands effectively, and to make sure the most often missed areas of the hands are well-scrubbed. Those often-missed areas include the webs between the fingers, under the nails, the backs of the fingertips and the back of the thumbs – all areas that frequently come into contact with germs that cause illness, she said. Sometimes people who believe they know how to wash up are surprised to find that they have a hard time passing various tests for handcleaning skills, she said. Such tests are conducted with ultraviolet lighting equipment or other materials. “It’s all about the friction and the coverage, ge�ing behind and between the fingers,” LaSalle said. Guidelines distributed by the CDC suggest that effective hand-cleaning involves these steps: – Wet your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold), turn off the tap and
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