Safety Tip

Good Hygiene

Good hygiene helps prevent the spread of bacteria that can cause illnesses and makes you a more pleasant person with which to associate.

Hygiene Tips

• Bathe or shower before each shift.
• Keep fingernails trimmed and clean.
• Wash your hands often.
• Keep perfume or cologne light. What is delightful to you may be offensive to others.
• Clean your living area.
• Clean your office.
• Wipe down your exercise mat at the gym.
• Launder bed linen weekly.
• Clean & Sanitize your bathing area.
• Wipe the outside of food and drink containers before opening.
• Keep your hair neat and shampooed.
• Keep facial hair neatly trimmed.
• Begin each shift with clean clothes.
• Clean jewelry regularly.
• Change gloves when you would normally wash your hands, if you weren’t wearing gloves.
• Cover open sores with a bandage.
• Stay home when ill if possible