1. when would alcohol - based hand rubs (abhrs) not be appropriate to use?\nbefore preparing food\nwhen…

1. when would alcohol - based hand rubs (abhrs) not be appropriate to use?\nbefore preparing food\nwhen leaving work for the day\nafter contact with intact skin\nafter contact with environmental surfaces\n2. when should you perform hand hygiene if using gloves as personal protective equipment?\nonly before applying the gloves\nonly while wearing the gloves\nbefore applying and after removing the gloves\nwhile wearing the gloves and after removing the gloves\n3. in which situation must you wash your hands using soap and water?\nwhen arriving for work\nbefore providing any type of care\nbefore touching your mouth, nose, or eyes\nwhen they are visibly soiled or contaminated

1. when would alcohol - based hand rubs (abhrs) not be appropriate to use?\nbefore preparing food\nwhen leaving work for the day\nafter contact with intact skin\nafter contact with environmental surfaces\n2. when should you perform hand hygiene if using gloves as personal protective equipment?\nonly before applying the gloves\nonly while wearing the gloves\nbefore applying and after removing the gloves\nwhile wearing the gloves and after removing the gloves\n3. in which situation must you wash your hands using soap and water?\nwhen arriving for work\nbefore providing any type of care\nbefore touching your mouth, nose, or eyes\nwhen they are visibly soiled or contaminated

Answer

Brief Explanations:

  1. Alcohol - based hand rubs (ABHRs) are not appropriate when hands are visibly soiled. Before preparing food, after contact with intact skin, and after contact with environmental surfaces are situations where ABHRs can be used (if hands are not visibly soiled). When leaving work, if hands are not visibly soiled, ABHRs can also be used.
  2. Hand hygiene should be performed before applying gloves (to ensure clean hands before putting on gloves) and after removing gloves (because gloves may have picked up contaminants during use).
  3. Soap and water handwashing is required when hands are visibly soiled or contaminated. In other situations (arriving for work, before providing care, before touching mucous membranes - if hands are not visibly soiled), ABHRs can be used.

Answer:

  1. Before preparing food (assuming no visible soil; but if there is visible soil, then ABHRs are not appropriate. However, among the options, this is the one where ABHRs are not appropriate in general as per strict food - handling regulations which often require soap and water).
  2. Before applying AND after removing the gloves
  3. When they are visibly soiled or contaminated