These posters provide information on hand hygiene for target audiences throughout the VA health care system. The hand hygiene posters are broken up into sections:
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Posters are not copyrighted and may be reproduced. You may print them on 8.5" x 11" paper using a standard office printer.
VA employees can order printed copies through the VA Talent Management System (TMS). See the Infection Don’t Pass It On Resource Catalog (2.71 MB, PDF) for a list of printed materials stocked for distribution.
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General Hand
Hands 1 - Handwashing Good! Germs Bad! (256 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Hands 4 - Stop Disease in Its Tracks 1 (465 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Hands 5 - Stop Disease in Its Tracks 2 (393 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Clinical
Hands 6 - Stop 1 (484 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Hands 7 - Stop 2 (378 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Clinical
Hands 8 - Clean Your Hands (277 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Clinical
Hands 9 - Save Money and Lives (307 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Clinical
Hands 10 - Save Time (290 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Clinical
Hands 11 - All Hands to the Pump (296 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Clinical
Hands 12 - Break the Germ Cycle (280 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Hands 13 - Stop Spreading Germs 1 (299 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Hands 14 - Stop Spreading Germs 2 (306 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Clinical
Hands 15 - Don't Get Caught 1 (415 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Hands 16 - Don't Get Caught 2 (378 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Clinical
Hands 17 - Don't Take It Personally (318 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Staff Areas Only
Hands 19 - Things We Have a Hard Time Telling People (420 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Hands 20 - Your Hands Are Lovely (236 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Clinical
Hands 21 - Juice Is Worth the Squeeze (284 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Clinical
Hands 22 - Some Habits Are Good (285 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Clinical
Hands 23 - Seeing Is Believing (439 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Clinical
Hands 24 - It Takes About 30 Seconds (364 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Clinical
Hands 25 - Softer Skin Is Possible (449 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Clinical
Hands 26 - 20% to 50% Is Not Good Enough (460 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Staff Areas Only
Hands 27 - A Quick Test (366 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Staff Areas Only
Hands 28 - Tell People Something They Really Need to Know (890 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Hands 29 - CDC Guidelines on Hand Decontamination for Patient Care (508 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Clinical
Hands 30 - What Are the Top 10 Carriers of Infectious Agents? (922 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Clinical
Hands 31 - Clean Hands Prevent Germs from Spreading in This Hospital (460 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Hands 32 - When Should You Clean Your Hands? (340 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Clinical
Hands 33 - Join the Campaign 1 (467 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Clinical
Hands 34 - Patients and Visitors 1 (406 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Hands 35 - Join the Campaign 2 (471 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Clinical
Hands 36 - Patients and Visitors 2 (369 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Hands 37 - Patients and Visitors 3 (402 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Germ Prevention
Prevent 1 - Germ Prevention 101.1 (275 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Prevent 2 - Germ Prevention 101.2 (319 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Clinical
Prevent 3 - We're All In This Together 1 (385 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Prevent 4 - We're All In This Together 2 (375 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Prevent 5 - We're All In This Together 3 (382 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: Clinical
Prevent 6 - Don't Let Germs Get You Down (914 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Residents and Visitors
Residents & Visitors 1 (331 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Residents & Visitors 2 (273 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Restroom
Restroom 1 - Bathroom Rules (522 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Restroom 2 - After Using the Bathroom (275 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Restroom 3 - Before You Leave (255 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Restroom 4 - What's the Rush? (249 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Hand Washing
Wash 1 - Where to Wash (275 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Wash 2 - Help A Veteran: Wash Your Hands (271 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Wash 3 - What Are the Top 10 Ways to Spread Germs? (287 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Wash 4 - Hand Washing Checklist (271 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Wash 5 - Wash Your Hands 1 (260 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Wash 6 - Wash Your Hands 2 (273 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Wash 7 - Handwashing Good! Germs Bad! (301 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Wash 8 - Wash Your Hands 3 (327 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Wash 9 - Wash Your Hands 4 (303 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Wash 10 - Wash Your Hands 5 (294 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
Wash 11 - We're Counting on You (579 KB, PDF)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Target audience: All
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