1.2 Explain The Importance Of Hand Washing In Child Care

The child care centre owners and staff play an significant role in protecting children from, and minimizing the impact of infection and illness. The follow their preventive measures to maintain the health status of children’s. Child care centers need good controls and help reduce the number of infections. A good infection control programs is one that everyone follows all the time. Training is given to owners and workers to consider the approach becomes normal team. The child care centre team establish some guidelines and procedures for workers, public, and parents of children’s which are as follows:

 Promote hand hygiene.

 Hand sanitizing and cleaning.

 Sanitizing in short child care settings.

 Follow routine procedures when cleaning blood and

Hand hygiene is a procedure to free hands from germs. Handwashing with soap and water is still the single most effective way to reduce the spread of illness. Encourage and teach the children’s how to wash their hands properly in a relax way for example sing rhymes while washing their hands. Everyone wash their hands before and after doing every procedure.

Six steps to proper hand washing:

1. Wet hands with warm running water.

2. Apply a small amount of liquid soap. Anti bacterial soap is not required.

3. Rub hands together for at least 15 seconds. Rub palms, back of hands, between fingers and under nails/ creating a lather.

4. Rinse of all soap with running water.

5. Dry hands with clean, disposable towel.

6. Discard the use towel in the waste container.

Wash your hands before:

• Preparing, serving, eating or feeding others.

• Brushing or flossing your