Washing Hands
Method #1
Have paper towels, liquid soap, and a nail brush at the sink.
A fully proper handwashing is washing hands for 1-2 full minutes when moving between tasks where a known infection or potential to infect (such as an open wound) exists.
This is the technique -
1. Turn on water and leave it running the entire time.
2. Roll up sleeves, remove rings and jewelry.
3. Wet your arms and hands from the elbows down.
4 Apply liquid soap. 5. Start scrubbing from the upper arm, moving downward as you go. Friction and repetition is the goal. When you get to your hands, scrub each finger thoroughly and use the brush on your fingernails, working over the tops and then beneath the fingernails. 6. Rinse from the elbows working downward toward the hands, always letting the water run off of your fingertips. 7. With the water still running, first wipe your arms and then hands. Using the same paper towel, turn off the water. Touch nothing else on your way to the task.
Method #2 (Acceptable for most tasks) Time about 30seconds.
1. Have paper towels, nail brush, and liquid soap at the sink. 2.Turn on water and leave running. 3. Roll up sleeves, and start at midarm. 4. Wet arms then hands (always having the water run downward). 5.Apply soap and again starting at arms and moving downward, scrub arms then hands thoroughly. 6. Use the nail brush around the tops of fingernails, rings, then under the fingernails.
7. Rinse, then dry hands with paper towels. Use the paper towel to turn off the water faucet. 8. Go do the task intended, remembering to not touch anything on the way. Touching your face, your hair, answering the telephone or anything else on the way means you have to start over.
Wash hands after using the toilet.
Wash hands before touching baby birds.
Wash hands before mixing feeding formula.
Wash hands after feeding one clutch and moving on to the next. Hopefully those clutches are in separate containers!
Wash hands after shaking hands.
Wash hands after handling money.
Wash hands before and after going to the grocery store.
Wash hands before playing with your birds.
Wash hands after playing with your birds.
If you get really hyper, or have reason to believe disease may be present, wash your hands between each bird.
After coughing (we put our hands in front of the cough so as not to
contaminate anyone else). How many of us cough on our shoulders only to hold a baby head on our shoulders?
Between scrubing down each bird's/pair's cage (keep clean bucket of sudsy
water and paper towels handy)
Prior to handfeeding; between handfeeding clutches; or wear disposable
gloves for each clutch.*
* Thank you to Carol Brasaemle and Joan Belanger for their contribution with this subject.
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