Difference between medical hand washing and surgical hand washing
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Hand washing is a process of washing hands to clean out all dirts on the hand.
There are two types of hand washing
A) medical handwashing :normal handwashing with proper soaps and handwashes.
B)surgical handwashing: proper hand and arm washing with antibacterial scrubs for a significant amount of type before entering the operation theatre.
This types of handwashes are the basic hygiene and sanitation principles in medical treatmen.
There is not a big difference between medical hand washing and surgical hand washing as "medical hand washing" is done after a doctor examine the patient so that the infection cannot be spread. On the other side, surgical hand washing is performed before performing any surgical procedure. In this type of hand washing, generally, surgeons used to wash their hands up to the "elbows" with antiseptics like Iodine and chlorhexidine after changing their theatre cloths and after "drying putting" on "sterile" gowns and gloves before starting the surgery and they wash their hands after operation.