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Handwashing With a Nail Brush
This poster showing the eight steps to washing hands using a nail brush could be hung in restrooms to reinforce proper hand washing technique.
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Handwashing With a Nail Brush (PDF)

- Wet hands & brush
- Soap brush
- Brush & Lather
- Rinse
- Soap hands
- Lather
- Rinse
- Towel dry
Last Updated: 04/16/2026