Wet your hands with warm water first. This is to prep your hands before washing them.

Add soap to your now wet hands. The soap will rid your hands of unwanted germs and bacteria.

Once you've added the soap, you may start to lather your hands.

Scrub the soap in between your fingers, on the sides of your fingers and on the back of your hand.

scrub your thumb and palm thoroughly with the soap.

Lather the soap into your wrist and bottom the of your palm.

Thoroughly rinse your hands until you see that there is no leftover soap.

Dry your hands with a clean towel and turn the faucet off with that same towel.

Dispose of paper towel by throwing it into the trash.

Sources

• Mayo Clinic Staff. "Hand Washing: Do's and Don'ts." Mayo Clinic. 14 October 2016. Web. 3 May 2017.
• Saint, Sanjay. "Hand Washing Stops Infections, So Why Do Health Care Workers Skip It?" Michigan Health Lab. 26 May 2016. Web. 3 May 2017.