{"id":1085,"date":"2017-04-29T10:15:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T16:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2017-04-29T10:18:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T16:18:12","slug":"hand-washing-in-many-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/hand-washing-in-many-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Hand Washing in Many Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Accurate communication is crucial in providing health services. Employees in hospitals, clinics, and community health centers need to be able to reach individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) through language and understanding of culture.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One helpful resource is <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/healthreach.nlm.nih.gov\/document\/621\/Hand-Washing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HealthReach<\/a><\/span>, which provides quality multilingual, multicultural public health information for those who provide health care for individuals with LEP. Brochures, videos, toolkits, reports, and fact sheets are available to help improve the quality of service and communication efforts between providers and patients. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hand washing, of course, is crucial in protecting ourselves and others from illness. This <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthinfotranslations.org\/pdfDocs\/HandWashing_TCH.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">4-page handout<\/a><\/span> explains in detail the proper procedure for washing with soap and water (and drying!), and also using sanitizer, in both English and Traditional Chinese.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1085 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/hand-washing-in-many-languages\/screenshot-2017-04-29-10-10-53\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-2017-04-29-10.10.53-222x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-2017-04-29-10.11.03-227x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-2017-04-29-10.11.03-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-2017-04-29-10.11.03-768x1016.png 768w, https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-2017-04-29-10.11.03-774x1024.png 774w, https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-2017-04-29-10.11.03-600x793.png 600w, https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-2017-04-29-10.11.03.png 968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/hand-washing-in-many-languages\/screenshot-2017-04-29-10-11-12\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-2017-04-29-10.11.12-238x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-2017-04-29-10.11.12-238x300.png 238w, https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-2017-04-29-10.11.12-768x967.png 768w, https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-2017-04-29-10.11.12-813x1024.png 813w, https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-2017-04-29-10.11.12-600x756.png 600w, https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-2017-04-29-10.11.12.png 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/hand-washing-in-many-languages\/screenshot-2017-04-29-10-11-22\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-2017-04-29-10.11.22-256x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-2017-04-29-10.11.22-256x300.png 256w, https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-2017-04-29-10.11.22-768x901.png 768w, https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-2017-04-29-10.11.22-873x1024.png 873w, https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-2017-04-29-10.11.22-600x704.png 600w, https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-2017-04-29-10.11.22.png 1016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having the instructions in both languages ensures clarity for both parties in communicating information as central to health as hand hygiene. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More information is available, including information available for print or download in more than 15 languages, at <\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthinfotranslations.org\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.healthinfotranslations.org\/<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sources:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/healthreach.nlm.nih.gov\/document\/621\/Hand-Washing\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/healthreach.nlm.nih.gov\/document\/621\/Hand-Washing<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/healthreach.nlm.nih.gov\/about-healthreach\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/healthreach.nlm.nih.gov\/about-healthreach<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthinfotranslations.org\/pdfDocs\/HandWashing_TCH.pdf\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.healthinfotranslations.org\/pdfDocs\/HandWashing_TCH.pdf<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthinfotranslations.org\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.healthinfotranslations.org\/<\/span><\/i><\/a> 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Employees in hospitals, clinics, and community health centers need to be able to reach individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) through language and understanding of culture. &nbsp; One helpful resource is HealthReach, which provides quality multilingual, multicultural public health information for those who provide health care for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/hand-washing-in-many-languages\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hand Washing in Many Languages<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[105,90,107,162],"class_list":["post-1085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-handwashing-saves-lives-2","tag-hand","tag-hand-hygiene","tag-hygiene","tag-languages"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hand Washing in Many Languages<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/hand-washing-in-many-languages\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"brevis-admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/hand-washing-in-many-languages\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/hand-washing-in-many-languages\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"brevis-admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/74a2f42d415165735698225b063f3df8\"},\"headline\":\"Hand Washing in Many Languages\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-29T16:15:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-04-29T16:18:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/hand-washing-in-many-languages\/\"},\"wordCount\":203,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"hand\",\"hand hygiene\",\"hygiene\",\"languages\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Handwashing Saves Lives\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/hand-washing-in-many-languages\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/hand-washing-in-many-languages\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/hand-washing-in-many-languages\/\",\"name\":\"Hand Washing in Many Languages\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-29T16:15:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-04-29T16:18:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/hand-washing-in-many-languages\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/hand-washing-in-many-languages\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/hand-washing-in-many-languages\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hand Washing in Many Languages\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Brevis\",\"description\":\"Infection Prevention &amp; 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