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BEFORE PATIENT
CONTACT
WHEN? Clean your hands before touching a patient when approaching him or her
BEFORE AN ASEPTIC
TASK
WHEN? Clean your hands immediately before any aseptic task
AFTER BODY FLUID
EXPOSURE RISK
WHEN? Clean your hands immediately after an exposure risk to body fluids
(and after glove removal)
AFTER PATIENT
CONTACT
WHEN? Clean your hands after touching a patient and his or her immediate surroundings
when leaving
AFTER CONTACT
WITH PATIENT
SURROUNDINGS
WHEN? Clean your hands after touching any object or furniture in the patient’s immediate
surroundings, when leaving - even without touching the patient
WHY? To protect the patient against harmful germs carried on your hands
WHY? To protect the patient against harmful germs, including the patient’s own germs,
entering his or her body
WHY? To protect yourself and the health-care environment from harmful patient germs
WHY? To protect yourself and the health-care environment from harmful patient germs
WHY? To protect yourself and the health-care environment from harmful patient germs
WHO acknowledges the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG),
in particular the members of the Infection Control Programme, for their active participation in developing this material.
October 2006, version 1.