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Faith Group Resources :
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Influenza Pandemic
Faith Groups : Hand Hygiene Protocol
Hand hygiene is the singe most important thing we can all do to prevent the transmission of infection, including influenza.
Hand hygiene includes hand washing at a sink with soap and water and/or using alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
You should practice hand hygiene on a regular basis, including in the following situations :
- After coughing or sneezing
- After blowing your nose and using facial tissue
- After using the washroom
- After touching any body fluids
- After changing diapers
- After shaking hands and touching shared surfaces or objects
- Before touching/eating food or drinking
- Before and after caring for the sick
- Whenever your hands are dirty
Faith leaders may want to consider promoting hand hygiene within their community. This could be accomplished through the following means :
- Posting signage around facilities (e.g., washrooms, kitchens, etc.) promoting hand hygiene;
- Maintaining a stock of hand hygiene supplies in washrooms and kitchens (i.e., paper towels and pump liquid soap);
- Making alcohol-based hand sanitizer available where people congregate, in situations where multiple people touch communal religious objects, and before and after "hand" contact; and,
- Supplying facial tissue and extra garbage cans for disposal at meetings, etc.
A sample hand hygiene protocol that can be posted around your facility (e.g., washrooms, kitchens, etc.) is available for download below.
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Handwashing Protocol
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