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Hand Hygiene Print Materials

Signs, posters, brochures, manuals, curricula, and other hand hygiene materials that you can print and use.

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How
When & why
Teaching handwashing
More from MDH

How to wash:

	Be A Germ Buster...Wash Your Hands Poster (How-to Hand Washing) Six steps to cleaner hands poster that could be hung in restrooms.
	Handwashing with a Nail Brush Eight steps to washing hands using a nail brush could be hung in restrooms.
	How It Works: Washing Hands with Soap and Water Components to washing with soap and water, the proper technique, and how washing with soap and water works.
	Wash Your Hands (in 24 languages) This poster simply says wash your hands in twenty-four languages (English, Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Laotian, Nepali, Oromo, Ojibwe, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, and Vietnamese).
	Wash Your Hands Posters These simple posters remind people to wash their hands.
	I’m a Fan of Hand Washing Sign Restroom sign created from the 2003 Minnesota State Fair hand washing campaign.
	Make Hand Washing a Healthy Habit Fact sheet about hand washing.
	Alcohol based handrubs: Easy as 1, 2, 3 MDH poster about alcohol based hand rubs.
	How It Works: Cleaning Hands with Hand Sanitizer Components to cleaning hands with alcohol-based hand sanitizers (also known as handrubs), the proper technique, and how hand sanitizers work.
	Clean Your Hands: It is as Easy as 1-2-3 Poster Flyer showing three steps to using alcohol hand sanitizers and washing with soap and water.
	Hand Hygiene How-To Poster This letter sized poster shows the six steps for washing hands with soap and water or two for cleaning with alcohol-based hand sanitizers.
	Clean Your Hands! Poster This 11x17 poster shows the six steps for washing hands with soap and water or two for cleaning with alcohol-based hand sanitizers.
	Which Soap is Best? Antibacterial soap vs. plain soap: Which is better? Liquid soap or bar soap? What about alcohol-based hand sanitizers?

When & why:

	5 Common Ways Germs Are Spread (Cross Contamination) Poster teaching about cross contamination.
	Germs Are Tough This poster teaches about germs.
	Where do Germs Hide? A flyer explaining that the bulk of germs are hiding where you least suspect.
	Hands and Bacteria Poster Poster showing number of bacteria on hands.
	Hands and Faucet Poster Poster showing that even faucets are dirty.
	When Should I Wash My Hands Poster Fun poster showing important times to wash hands.
	When to Wash A poster with a list of some important times to wash your hands.

Teaching handwashing:

	Hand Washing: Prevent Disease and Outbreak Intervention for Young Children (PDF: 215KB/3 pages) Ages 3 - 6
	Safe or Sorry Hand Washing (PDF: 227KB/7 pages) Middle School and Junior High Excerpt from the full Safe or Sorry (SOS) curriculum.
	Hand Washing: Prevent Disease and Outbreak Intervention for High School and Adult Audiences (247KB/ 10 pages) Grades 9 - Adult

Hand washing print materials for food handlers:

Hand Sanitizers: Not a Replacement for Handwashing in Food Service Settings Fact sheet for food service workers.
	Handwashing with a Nail Brush Eight steps to washing hands using a nail brush poster that could be hung in restrooms.
	Minnesota's Health/Your Health is in your Hands Posters

Cover your Cough:

image of green cover your cough poster

Cover Your Cough Poster for the Community
The "green" cover your cough poster for health care facilities asking people to cover their cough and clean their hands. This poster is available for download in seventeen languages (English, Spanish, Somali, Hmong, Burmese, Nepali, Lao, Amharic, Karen, Arabic, Oromo, Chinese, French, Khmer, Portuguese, Tagalog, Vietnamese).

	Cover Your Cough Poster for Health Care The "red" cover your cough poster for health care facilities asking people to cover their cough and clean their hands. This poster is available for download in twenty-six languages (English, Spanish, Somali, Hmong, Burmese, Nepali, Lao, Amharic, Karen, Arabic, Oromo, Chinese, French, Khmer, Portuguese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Russian, Czech, Creole, Yiddish, Urdu, Hebrew, Korean, Bengali, Hindi).
	Cover Your Cough Brochure For Health Care Answers frequently asked questions about covering your cough and stopping the spread of germs. This three-fold brochure is available in four languages (English, Spanish, Somali, Hmong).
	Stop! Help Protect Our Patients These posters are for use in clinics and hospitals, asking ill people not to visit. This poster is available for download in five languages (English, Spanish, Somali, Hmong, Russian). Stop! Help Protect Our Patients (without mask) This poster is for use in clinics and hospitals, asking ill people not to visit. This poster is available only in English.
	Stop! Help Protect Our Residents These posters are for use in residential and long term care facilities, asking ill people not to visit. This poster is available for download in five languages (English, Spanish, Somali, Hmong, Russian). Stop! Help Protect Our Residents (without mask) This poster is for use in residential and long term care facilities, asking ill people not to visit. This poster is available only in English.

Updated Wednesday, 01-Dec-2010 11:44:30 CST