1. USING AVAGARD D IS CHILD PLAY
Direction: Marysia Meylan, MSPH, CIC
Cinematography: Debra Fenton Pena
Featuring: Cristian (The Badger) Pena

2. WHY USE AVAGARD D?

3. YOUR HEALING HANDS

4. THE BACTERIA ON YOUR HANDS
UNWASHED HANDS
The dirty fingers contained so many bacteria that the area they touched on the agar plate grew masses of colonies

5. THE BACTERIA ON YOUR HANDS
RINSED HANDS
The 20-second cold water rinse removed large particles of dirt and some bacteria, but millions of bacteria were left

6. THE BACTERIA ON YOUR HANDS
WASHED HANDS
Washing hands with soap and water for 20 seconds reduced the number of bacteria, however...

7. THE BACTERIA ON YOUR HANDS
WASHED HANDS
… 20 seconds was not long enough. After the hands were washed again for 20 seconds, the number of bacteria decreased even more. Washing them a full minute is even better

8. THE BACTERIA ON YOUR HANDS
SANITIZED HANDS
No bacteria grew on the agar plate after the fingers were rubbed with a sanitizing solution. The bacteria may or may not have been killed, but their growth was stopped

9. WATERLESS DECONTAMINATION
This photo dramatizes the effect of sanitizing agents on bacteria
A agar plate was sneezed on, a drop of sanitizing solution was placed in the center of the plate
Bacteria grew in the area not touched by the sanitizer

10. IF YOUR HANDS ARE NOT VISIBLY SOILED
INSTEAD OF SOAP AND WATER AND PAPER TOWELS,
USE AVAGARD D: THE MOISTURIZING, WATERLESS, ALCOHOL-BASED HAND RINSE,
YOUR HANDS AND YOUR PATIENTS WILL THANK YOU

11. STEP OBTAIN AVAGARD D

12. SQUEEZE SUFFICIENT AMOUNT TO COVER ALL SURFACES OF HANDS
STEP 2
SQUEEZE SUFFICIENT AMOUNT TO COVER ALL SURFACES OF HANDS

13. RUB ALL SURFACES THOROUGHLY UNTIL COMPLETELY DRY
STEP 3
RUB ALL SURFACES THOROUGHLY UNTIL COMPLETELY DRY

21. EVEN CHEETAHS WASH THEIR HANDS...