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How to wash hands of health care workers

Handwashing is a one of the most important step in infectious disease control.It is mentioned in standard precautions guideline.  

this is what mentioned in standard precautions about handwashing

HANDWASHING

The hands of health care workers are often colonized with hospital pathogens from patients and from environmental surfaces. Transfer of pathogens from patients to other patients or to the environmental surfaces occurs most commonly via the contaminated hands of health care workers. These bacteria are transient and can be greatly reduced in numbers by effective handwashing with soap and water. To prevent the transfer of microorganisms it is essential to wash hands before contact with any patient and after hands have become contaminated with microorganisms. Handwashing breaks the chain of infection transmission.