How to wash your hands like a surgeon

Can washing your hands really slow the spread of COVID-19? That depends on how you clean them.



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[iikhalaii]

I've been doing this since I was ten and started watching ER
I turn the faucet OFF.

[Sierranite]

This has nothing to do with “like a surgeon”. It’s simply how to wash your hands as an ordinary person. If this is a demonstration of how she washes her hands before a surgical procedure then she is not a surgeon but a dangerous hack! This is a misleading title

[LieutenantWaldron]

Are you really only supposed to run water on your hands at the beginning and far end or are the people in these vids just pulled away from the water to demonstrate what to do with the scrubbing?

[bistrobillyboy]

you either omitted or forgot to mention 2 important steps when washing your hands like a 'surgeon'
1. a surgeon washes up to the elbow
2. they must wash for at least 5 minutes

[alecstone]

A shitload of water was wasted to make this video.

[dawnbaillargeon]

What is the best way to disinfect fruits and vegetables that we buy during this COVID-19 crisis. Is soapy water enough? I have heard that we should purchase the produce that we touch but that being said I am concerned about any germs from any persons handling produce at the grocery store.

[JasonWettsteindotcom]

contagious for 27 days without symptoms and you are telling people to self isolate for 14 days DO YOU SEE A MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM HERE?

[wayne]

Did the scrubbing under your fingernail requirement go away?

[QuantumProdigy]

I’m not a surgeon and my mom taught me to do this since I was born

[googleeyeseyes]

What happened to the brush, especially when dealing with nails?

[Bevity]

A lot of public washrooms don't have paper towels, just air dryers. You might just have to leave the tap running while you quickly flee the washroom...

[palettepr]

THANKS FOR SHARING THIS VIDEO. AND THIS VIDEO IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR US

[cerberusthesavage]

Cool! Thanks now I know why peope use soap

[seanmahoney]

When will you make the video "How to bill like a surgeon"

[markmayonnaise]

Guys. Calm down. While this video is the epitome of nanny state, you underestimate how nasty people can be when it comes to hygiene. Nobody is forcing you to do every step she mentioned at the speed of someone narrating it; a capable person would be able to do this withing thirty seconds. All this video is for is explaining what a surgeon's hand-washing regime looks like; it is up to you what you apply to your life. If you'd like to stick your fingers in your filthy, unswabbed ears, you may. I would agree that some responses to the pandemic have been over blown; but ever since the Spanish Flu overreaction to pandemic has been the modus operandi of governments across the world. Do your share in preventing disease; these sacrifices won't last forever.

[kaaaah]

At least for 20 seconds, she may have turned off the tab by lower wrist and saved precious water.

[EL-pwky]

But you're wasting so much water!

[paulbal]

20 seconds? What if you scrub your hands like REALLY quickly?

[tammeerivera]

So anti-bacterial soap is no better than any other?

[exroyalcanadian]

78 000 people just watched a video on how to wash your