Which action best maintains a clean environment when treating wounds?

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Which action best maintains a clean environment when treating wounds?

Hand hygiene after wound care is essential for infection prevention and keeping the environment clean. Washing your hands removes any germs that may have been picked up during treatment, so you don’t carry them to surfaces, other patients, or your own face or eyes. Gloves provide a barrier during care, but microbes can be transferred if hands aren’t cleaned after removing gloves or after finishing care. Reusing gloves for multiple patients, touching the wound with bare hands, or doing nothing would all increase the risk of spreading infection.

Hand hygiene after wound care is essential for infection prevention and keeping the environment clean. Washing your hands removes any germs that may have been picked up during treatment, so you don’t carry them to surfaces, other patients, or your own face or eyes. Gloves provide a barrier during care, but microbes can be transferred if hands aren’t cleaned after removing gloves or after finishing care. Reusing gloves for multiple patients, touching the wound with bare hands, or doing nothing would all increase the risk of spreading infection.

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