Handwashing
- Global Handwashing Day (The Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing with Soap)
- Handwashing: Clean Hands Save Lives (CDC)
- Handwashing and Nail Hygiene (CDC)
- Hand-washing: Do's and Don'ts (Mayo Clinic)
- Plain soap and water are best! Antibacterial soaps are not needed (Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, PDF 2 KB)
Handwashing Video
- Wash Your Hands (:30) (CDC)
Posters and Handouts
- Clean Hands Save Lives! (CDC, PDF 390 KB)
- Double Handwashing Posters (Texas A&M University Food Safety)
- Double Handwashing Poster - PDF in English 489 KB)
- Double Handwashing Poster - PDF in Spanish 488 KB
For Teachers
- Glo Germ website
- Soapy Solutions experiment for Grades 4-8 (fightbac.org) (PDF 143 KB) A 20-minute experiment for kids on effective handwashing.
- Science and Our Food Supply (FDA) Free supplementary curriculum for middle level and high school classrooms. The teacher guides are challenging hands-on, minds-on activities that link food safety, nutrition, and biotechnology to students' everyday lives. They are crafted in a teacher-friendly modular format that easily fit into science, health, and other classes.
References discussing the benefits of handwashing
- Information on Staphylococcal Infections for Day Care Administrators and Care Givers (Texas A&M University, PDF 35 KB)
- Handwashing: Germ Fighting 101 (Texas A&M University, PDF 562 KB)
- Hand Hygiene: Why, How and When? (World Health Organization, PDF 466 KB)