Our step by step “Wash Your Hands” Presentation Card is a great resource to remind all ages when and how to wash their hands. Washing your hands is a quick and easy way to keep yourself and others free from harmful germs and disease. This handout features bright, colorful artwork to catch the reader’s attention.

First, the left side of the card includes when to wash your hands, which includes:

• After going to the toilet
• Before and after touching or eating food
• After coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose
• After playing with an animal or pet
• If your hands look or feel dirty
• After touching money
• After taking out the trash

Second, the right side of the card includes the steps in which you should wash your hands, which is:

• Wet hands with warm water
• Lather with soap
• Scrub between fingers, under nails and up wrists
• Rinse off all soap in clean running water
• Dry hands completely with a paper towel
• Turn off water with the paper towel

Finally, the bottom of the card displays in bright yellow letters to wash your hands often to prevent the spread of germs and disease.

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