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Protect your hands: protect your health

3 mins read Hand hygiene
Rebecca Waters considers this cornerstone of clinical practice essential for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections 

Our hands have to go through a lot on a daily basis. Just think – even outside the workplace we use our hands for everything. We subject them to anything from hair products to washing-up liquid. We use them to open doors and hold onto poles on public transport – basically, they have to be tough to withstand the barrage of pathogens and chemicals that assault them on a regular basis.

In a dental practice, hands are exposed to even more threats. This means that hand protection is more important than ever – especially if you want to keep yourself and others healthy.

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