How to Sanitise your Hands Correctly | Aqium

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Throughout the day you can accumulate germs on your hands from a variety of sources. These include direct contact with people, contaminated surfaces, food and animals. In fact, touching transmits 80% of all infections¹

How Do I Sanitise My Hands Correctly With Aqium?

1. Step One: Dispense 1-2 Pumps into the Centre of Your Palm

Begin by pumping a sufficient amount of Aqium hand sanitiser (1-2 pumps) directly into the center of your palm. Ensure you have enough to cover both hands thoroughly.

2. Step Two: Rub Hands Vigorously from Palm to Palm 

Spread Aqium hand sanitiser evenly by rubbing your palms together in a vigorous, circular motion. This initial step helps distribute the hand sanitiser across the entire surface of your hands.

3. Step Three: Rub with Interlocked Fingers 

Interlock your fingers, pressing them together, and rub them against each other. This technique ensures that hand sanitiser reaches between your fingers, sanitising those often missed areas where germs can hide.

4. Step Four: Rub Palm Over Back of Each Hand 

Thoroughly sanitise the backs of your hands by using one palm to rub over the back of the opposite hand. Make sure to cover the entire surface, paying special attention to the knuckles and back of the hand.

5. Step Five: Cover Tips and Bottoms of Fingers to Each Palm 

Sanitise the tips and base of your fingers by gently rubbing them against your opposite palm. This step targets areas that are frequently missed during hand washing, such as fingertips and nail beds.

6. Step Six: Sanitise your Thumbs

Thoroughly sanitise each thumb by rotating and rubbing it with the opposite hand, ensuring complete coverage and thorough cleaning.

7. Step Seven: Include Wrists

Extend your sanitising beyond your hands by rubbing your wrists. This helps remove any additional germs or potential contaminants that might be present on this often overlooked area.

8. Step Eight: Keep Rubbing Until Hands are Dry

Continue rubbing your hands together until they are completely dry. The friction and continued rubbing help to further remove germs and ensure the hand sanitiser has been fully distributed and absorbed.


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  • Good hand hygiene is one of the best ways to help avoid the spread of germs.


    Obviously, this is achieved by washing your hands. But you don’t always have access to soap and water. That’s where Aqium Hand Sanitiser comes in very handy. It leaves hands refreshed, moisturised and hygienically clean. Just think of all the places you come into contact with germs. From public transport to travelling overseas, even the simple act of changing your child’s nappy. Aqium is an ideal way to stay germ free wherever you are.


  • Help Stop the Germ Swap


    Do you know what germs you were just handed? Germs that cause common illness can be found on surfaces all around us. We wanted to demonstrate just how easy it is to pick up these germs while going about your day to day activities. The results might surprise you.

1. Tierno, P.M. The Secret Life of Germs. New York: Atria Books, 2001, p.13.