Hand hygiene for Coronavirus

https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2020-03-15/coronavirus-covid-19-handwashing-soap-sanitizer-advice/12051206


Washing your hands with soap and water is one of our cheapest forms of infection control, one of the most effective and also it helps to prevent and slow the spread of infection.

* after you blow your nose, cough or sneeze
* after you have had close physical contact with anyone who is unwell
* after you use the toilet ( especially as evidence suggests SARS-CoV-2 may spread via faecal transmission )
* before and after you eat
* before, during and after you prepare food
* after you feed or touch a pet

- Handwashing can reduce spread of the virus and protect ourselves and others.
- COVID 19 spreads via respiratory droplets,
  direct close contact with a person who is infected
  and touching surfaces that have been contaminated.
- More often and make sure washing thoroughly.
- At least 20 seconds ( to sing 'Happy Birthday' twice )
- Properly dry - paper towel, hand dryer, air dryer etc.
- Soap - lathers well
  60% alcohol hand sanitiser or gel - rub 20 seconds.
- helping protect others - clean and disinfect touched surfaces
  --> table, doorknobs, light switches, benchtops, phones, keyboards, toilets and sinks.

- Personal Reflction

   

Hand wash is the most important way of hygiene. It is not just for coronavirus pandemic, it is for everyday routine life. I need to protect myself and others by washing my hands properly.

Fred Hollows

Fred Hollow 

Time lines

1929             born in New Zealand

1936             went to informal school at North East Valley Primary School

1942             joined Palmerston Boys High School

1958             married to Mary Skiller

1961             started to study ophthalmology in Moorfields Eye Hospital in England

1965             did his postgraduate work in Wales

1965 ~ 1992   was chair of the ophthamology division at UNSW 

                       and the Prince of Wales and Prince Henry hospitals.

1980             married to Gabi Hollows.

1989             was diagnosed with cancer

1992   April    travelled to Vietnam

         July     flew back to Vietnam with an eye team   

                   set up The Fred Hollows Foundation with his wife, a group of friends

                       and some supporters.  

1993             died from cancer and buried in Bourke NSW

1994             The Fred Hollows Foundation opened modern intraocular lens factory

                       in Nepal and Eritrea

Turning Points

- He wanted to become a missionary, however after doing charity work he decided to become an eye doctor. - He enrolled in Otago Medical School 

- He met the amount of people in Indigenous towns with lots of eye diseases. - He travelled all over Australia to cure their eyes with glasses.

- A civil war in Eritrea - He went to Eritrea to help people who needed eye treatment.

- He trevelled to Vietnam in 1992 - He and an eye team prepared to hold the firs eye          surgery workshop 

- He set up The Fred Hollows Foundation - He wanted to help people after he died.

Achievements

- awarded Australian of the Year in 1990 in recognition of his work in poorer communities

- received an Advance Australia Award for Aboriginal Eye Care.

- awarded the Human Rights Medal.

- was given an Advance Australia Award for Medicine and Overseas Aid.

- was awarded Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa, UNSW.

- was appointed Companion General Division of the Order of Australia

- was admitted as Doctor of Medicine Honoris causa at UNSW

- was named Eritrea's first honorary citizen.