According to The Joint Commission, 33% of Medicare/Medicaid-certified long-term care providers are failing to meet basic hand-washing guidelines. As the poster says, we all know better. Dirty hands spread disease.

Five common ways germs are spread:

• Nose, mouth, or eyes to hands to others
• Hands to food
• Food to hands to food
• Infected child to hands to other children:
• Animals to people when hands pet animals or touch surfaces they come into contact with

Start a hand hygiene campaign in your community. Free and low-cost resources are available from:

The Joint Commission

Centers from Disease Control

Your State Department of Health