GOOD HEALTH IS IN YOUR HANDS! 
 
Always wash your hands . . . 
 
Before 
 
 preparing or eating food  treating a cut or wound 
 
 tending to someone who is sick  inserting or removing contact lenses 
 
After 
 
 using the bathroom 
 
 
 
 changing a diaper or helping a  
 
child use the bathroom (don't 
 
forget the child's hands!) 
 
 
 
 handling raw meats, poultry or  
 
eggs 
 
touching pets, especially reptiles sneezing or blowing your nose, or helping a child blow his/her nose handling garbage tending to someone who is sick or injured 
 
 Washing your hands is the simplest and most effective thing you can do to reduce the spread of colds, flu, skin infections and diarrhea. 
 Every time you touch your hands to your mouth you can get sick. 
 Eating, nail biting, thumb sucking, handling food, and touching toys are all ways germs can spread. 
 Even shaking a hand or opening a door can transfer germs to your hands. 
 
START 
 
6. Turn off faucet with 
towel 
 
1. Wet hands 
 
HAND WASHING 
STEPS 
 
2. Soap (20 seconds) 
 
5. Towel dry 
 
3. Scrub backs of hands, 
wrists, between fingers, under 
fingernails. 
 
4. Rinse 
 
Georgia Department of Human Resources | Division of Public Health | http://health.state.ga.us