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Hand Wash Like a Brain Surgeon.

Most people's hand washing action is actually rather ineffectual, they miss their finger tips, the backs of their hands, and between their fingers, for example. When teaching children about washing their hands it is motivating to teach them a method, not least because it demonstrates that handwashing is important enough to do properly. Of course quick handwashing is still better than no hand washing and if your child is in a tearing hurry to get on to something they love dragging them back to wash their hands 'properly' will only start to make it seem like a chore, and we all know that if something is a chore we love to avoid it as much as possible. The way surgeons wash their hands is designed to cover every part of the surface, but more importantly it is fun for kids to be able to tell their friends that they know how surgeons wash their hands. Start by wetting your hands and rubbing soap on them:

	Put your hands in the prayer position and then rub your palms together, up and down
	Rub each palm over the back of the other hand
	Interlace your fingers and pull them in and out (this gets at the dips between the fingers)
	This is a fun one but hard to describe. Hold your right hand palm upwards with the fingers pointing to the left and your left hand palm down with the fingers pointing to the right. Slide your left hand fingers over your right hand fingers until they reach the base of the fingers. Now clasp your hands together and move your elbows backwards and forwards to form a wringing action
	Hold each thumb in the opposite wrist and rub it by rotating your fist
	Rub your finger tips against the opposite palm

10-15 seconds of washing should be enough, unless you can see dirt (or you really are a surgeon)

Rinse your hands and dry them on a clean towel. You are now ready to perform a frontal lobotomy.

Apart from family frontal lobotomies, when should hands be washed?