Re:Ask HN: When you wash your hands, do you apply water befo...
by DanBC on Friday April 05, 2013 @06:13PM
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You should wet your hands before applying soap. Running water is an important part of hand hygiene.
The CDC have some useful information about how to wash hands. This link has a bunch of infection control information, but look for the PDF of "Hygiene of the Skin: When is clean too clean?" (http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/content/7/2/contents.htm)
Notice the 'Right way to wash your hands' tells you to wet your hands first (but does not say why, frustratingly.) (http://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/)
The WHO have a comprehensive document about hand hygiene in health care, with a lot of information about different solvents and etc etc,
The CDC have some useful information about how to wash hands. This link has a bunch of infection control information, but look for the PDF of "Hygiene of the Skin: When is clean too clean?" (http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/content/7/2/contents.htm)
Notice the 'Right way to wash your hands' tells you to wet your hands first (but does not say why, frustratingly.) (http://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/)
The WHO have a comprehensive document about hand hygiene in health care, with a lot of information about different solvents and etc etc,