Proper medical handwashing

Question 1

What is an important state exam tip about proper handwashing?

Answer 1

That it is the first thing you’ll be tested on and it isn’t prompted. This means the proctor will not tell you to wash your hands in the beginning and it is not written in your skills test card. If you fail it, you fail the entirety of the skills exam automatically.

Question 2

What supplies do you need?

Answer 2

*Sink *Hand soap *Paper towels *Trash can

Question 3

What do you need to do perform you start washing your hands?

Answer 3

Roll up your sleeves and remove any rings or bracelets. (Gather supplies. Make sure your supplies are in easy reach, so that no contaminated surface is touched during the task.

Question 4

How should you be interacting with the proctor from the onset?

Answer 4

Narrating every step you take in proper and explicit detail. Try to smile and be likable and friendly during each skill. Be very attentive and careful. Think things through with each skill. Don’t say you are done until you mentally go through each step and tell them any steps you missed before you say you are completed with the task at hand.

Question 5

What are the steps for best handwashing practice?

Answer 5

1. Turn the water on to a comfortable temperature, take your time with this. Especially in winter. 2. Wet your hands and wrists. 3. Put soap or skin cleanser on your hands and rub them to create lather. Make sure to cause friction because it is the friction that removes germs. 4. Remember to not touch anything except your hands during hand washing. Esp your sleeves or the faucet/faucet handles. Don’t shake your hands, keep your hands downward while lathering. 5. Lather your hands and wrists for 20 seconds using friction. This includes:
   * your palms *the back of your hands *your thumbs *between your fingers *each wrist and two inches above each *under your nails by scratching them across opposite palms. You must continue to narrate everything during the entire skill, esp when lathering.
2. Point your hands down and rinse each hand, one at a time, starting slightly above the wrist. Let the water run down each hand to your fingertips.

Question 6

What is something important to remember while rinsing?

Answer 6

To not let your hands touch-to rinse them one at a time until the water runs clear-and to leave the water running UNTIL after you’ve dried your hands.

Question 7

What is something important to remember while drying your hands?

Answer 7

PAT YOUR HANDS DRY. Grab a new paper towel afterwards to turn off the faucet and to not touch the part of the paper towel that made direct contact with the faucet. YOU CANNOT TOUCH ANYTHING except your clean gloves. BE EXTRA SLOW AND CAREFUL. Use your elbow to remove new gloves.

Question 8

What do you need to be very careful with time wise with hand washing?

Answer 8

To count to 20 mentally when lathering your hands in order to kill most of the bacteria.

Question 9

What are the explicit directions for drying your hands in the training manual?

Answer 9

1. Tear off paper towels to dry your hands. IMPORTANT: Do not touch the paper towel holder, sink, or faucet.
2. Thoroughly dry all surfaces of each hand, finger, and wrist.
3. Throw the paper towel in the trash.
4. Tear off another paper towel. IMPORTANT: Do not touch the paper towel holder, sink of faucet (basically don’t touch anything except the clean paper towel)
5. Use the paper towel to re-dry your hands.
6. Throw the paper towel in the trash.