4.9 Skills Checklist: Hand Hygiene With Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer
- Gather Supplies: Antiseptic hand rub
- 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:
- 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 ↵