Hand Hygiene

Protect yourself and others by practicing good hand hygiene. Keeping your hands clean is one of the simplest and most effective ways to reduce the spread of germs, protect volunteers, staff, and clients, and help create a safer, healthier community for everyone.

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Hand Hygiene Strategy

Our Hand Hygiene Strategy promotes consistent hand hygiene practices to help reduce the spread of germs and support a safe, healthy environment for volunteers, staff, and clients.

Hand Hygiene Strategy

Using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Wearing the right PPE helps keep everyone safer. By using PPE correctly, like wearing gloves at certain times, volunteers and staff can help protect themselves, their colleagues, and clients while reducing the risk of exposure to potential hazards.

Using PPE
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World Health Organization (WHO) Resources