Hand Hygiene Basics
This is the single most effective way to prevent the spread of infection in healthcare.
Answer: What is hand hygiene?
Hand hygiene should be performed both before and after this.
Answer: What is patient contact?
The WHO stands for this.
Answer: What is the World Health Organization?
WHO Hand Hygiene Day is celebrated on what date each year.
Answer: What is May 5?
True or False: Wearing gloves replaces the need for hand hygiene.
Answer: What is False?
Alcohol-based hand rubs should contain at least this percentage of alcohol to be effective.
Answer: What is 60–90% alcohol?
Hands must be cleaned immediately after this, even if gloves were worn.
Answer: What is removing gloves?
There are this many Moments for Hand Hygiene.
Answer: What is four?
The date 5/5 was chosen to represent this concept.
Answer: What are the 5 Fingers / 5 Moments?
Gloves should be changed between these to prevent cross-contamination.
Answer: What are tasks or patients?
This method of hand hygiene is preferred when hands are visibly clean.
Answer: What is alcohol-based hand rub?
This “moment” occurs before performing an aseptic procedure.
Answer: What is Moment #2?
This Moment focuses on protecting the patient from harmful germs carried on hands.
Answer: What is Before Touching a Patient (Moment 1)?
This global campaign slogan encourages visibility and accountability for hand hygiene.
Answer: What is “Save Lives: Clean Your Hands”?
This common jewelry item has been shown to increase bacterial counts on hands.
Answer: What are rings?
Hands should be washed with soap and water when they are visibly soiled or after contact with this organism.
Answer: What is Clostridioides difficile?
Hand hygiene is required after contact with this, even if the patient was not touched.
Answer: What is the patient’s environment?
This Moment occurs after exposure to body fluids.
Answer: What is Moment 3?
WHO Hand Hygiene Day was first officially launched in this year.
Answer: What is 2009?
False sense of security, skin irritation, and cross-contamination are risks of this.
Answer: What is improper glove use?
The recommended minimum time to rub hands when using alcohol-based hand rub.
Answer: What is 15–30 seconds?
Hand hygiene should be performed before handling this to protect the patient.
Answer: What are invasive devices (or clean/aseptic supplies)?
This Moment helps protect healthcare workers and the healthcare environment.
Answer: What is After Touching Patient Surroundings (Moment 4)?
This group is especially targeted during Hand Hygiene Day campaigns worldwide.
Answer: What are healthcare workers?
This part of the hand is most commonly missed during hand hygiene.
Answer: What are thumbs or fingertips?