Image: MNHandWashingNurse

Description: This historic 1930s photograph depicted a nurse in a starched cap and uniform, washing her hands in an improved, bacteria-controled environment. The improvements included the tiled walls, and the towel machine above the sink. The image was part of a Minnesota Health Department campaign to promote sanitation, and to prevent the transmission of bacterial diseases. 2005 hand hygiene guidelines for healthcare workers were part of an overall Centers for Disease Control strategy attempting to reduce infections in health care settings, in order to promote patient, as well as staff safety.
Title: MNHandWashingNurse
Credit: This media comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Image Library (PHIL), with identification number #8584. Note: Not all PHIL images are public domain; be sure to check copyright status and credit authors and content providers. English | Slovenščina | +/−
Author: Photo Credit: Content Providers(s): CDC/ Minnesota Department of Health, R.N. Barr Library; Librarians Melissa Rethlefsen and Marie Jones
Permission: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions. As a matter of courtesy we request that the content provider be credited and notified in any public or private usage of this image.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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