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Hand Hygiene - Helping others with hand hygiene

Hand Hygiene - Helping others with hand hygiene

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Infection prevention and control helps to stop the spread of germs like bacteria and viruses that cause respiratory infections and gastroenteritis. Hand hygiene is a very important part of this. 

In this video you will learn how to clean another person's hands.

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Aged Care Quality & Safety Commission
Key Theme
Infection prevention and control
Standard
5: Clinical Care
4: The Environment
Outcomes
5.2: Preventing and controlling infections in delivering clinical care services
4.2: Infection prevention and control
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