Hand washing lesson at Westburn

 

Last Thursday, I went in to Westburn armed with some agar plates. We talked about bacteria and what they do and the fact that many bacteria are helpful and useful. Then we talked about handwashing and how important it is to wash your hands, especially before eating and after going to the toilet.

Ten brave volunteers stepped up and put their hands onto agar plates, then washed their hands using the correct method, and put them onto the plates again. Check out the results........

The plates on the left of each photo are the ones cultured before handwashing for each person. Next to these are the plates cultured after the volunteers had washed their hands. You can see that there are still some bacteria left on their hands after washing, but nowhere near as many!