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Be A Germ-Buster... Wash Your Hands Poster
(How-to Hand Washing)
This poster showing the six steps to cleaner hands could be hung in restrooms to reinforce proper hand washing technique.

This poster was adapted with permission from the Washington State Department of Health and is available for download in fourteen languages (English, Somali, Arabic, Bengali, Cambodian, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Nepalese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese).
- Download a print version:
Be A Germ Buster Poster (How-to Hand Washing) (PDF)
Be A Germ-Buster: Wash Your Hands
- Wet
- Soap
- Wash, 20 seconds
- Rinse
- Dry
- Turn off water with a paper towel
Last Updated: 04/16/2026