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These printable posters can be used to help raise awareness about handwashing. They are designed for all audiences, and some are available in multiple sizes and languages. Display the posters in highly visible public areas, such as schools, workplaces, and restrooms.

Handwashing - General Posters

A Healthy Future is in Your Hands

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Message: Clean hands keep you healthy.
Audience: Designed for elementary school children.

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Germs are Everywhere!

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Message: You can pick up germs from things you do every day.
Audience: Designed for the general public.

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Follow the Handwashing Steps

Wash Your Hands poster for children

Message: Wash Your Hands!
Audience: Designed for young children.

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Spreading Germs is OUT. Handwashing is IN!

Germs are out. Handwashing is in!

Message: Spreading Germs is Out. Handwashing is In!
Audience: Designed for the general public.

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Boy & Girl Super Heroes

Message: All super heroes love clean hands!
Audience: Designed for elementary school children.
Languages: Available in different races and ethnicities.

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Boy Super Hero

Message: Do good; wash your hands!
Audience: Designed for elementary school children.
Languages: Available in different races and ethnicities.

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Princess

Message: Everyone loves to have clean hands!
Audience: Designed for elementary school children.
Languages: Available in different races and ethnicities.

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Keep Calm and Wash Your Hands

One Trillion Germs

Message: One trillion germs can live in one gram of poop. (That’s the weight of a paper clip!) Wash your hands after using the toilet.
Audience: Designed for the general public.
Languages: Available in 6 languages and two formats.

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Stop Germs! Stay Healthy! Wash Your Hands

Message: Keeping hands clean is one of the most important things we can do to stop the spread of germs and stay healthy.
Audience: Designed for the general public.
Languages: Available in 2 languages.

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Don't Let What Happened to Me, Happen to You (FDA)

Don't let what happened to me, happen to you

Message: Protect people everywhere: wash your hands, use gloves or utensils, and never work when you are sick.
Audience: Designed for foodworkers.
Languages: Available in 8 languages.

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Available at the FDA website

Literary Classics Handwashing Awareness Campaign Posters (Allegheny County Health Department)

Literary Classics Handwashing Awareness Campaign Posters (Allegheny County Health Department)

Message: Please wash your hands. Reinforced with excerpts from works of famous authors like Charles Dickens and Herman Melville to promote handwashing in an amusing way.
Audience: Designed for the general public.

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Available at the Allegheny County Health Department website

Dirty Hands Can Be Scary Campaign Posters (Saint Louis County Department of Public Health)

Dirty Hands Can Be Scary!

Message: A hand-hygiene campaign to promote the importance of handwashing.
Audience: Designed for the general public.

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Available at the Dirty Hands Can be Scary campaign site.

Handwashing After Touching Animals

Handwashing after Visiting an Animal Exhibit

Handwashing after Visiting an Animal Exhibit

Message: Wash hands when leaving animal exhibits.
Audience: Designed for the general public.
Languages: Available in 3 languages.

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Available at CDC’s Healthy Pets, Healthy People website

Don't Play Chicken With Your Health

Don't Play Chicken With Your Health

Message: Wash your hands after handling live poultry.
Audience: Designed for the general public.

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Available at CDC’s Healthy Pets, Healthy People website

Handwashing After Touching Ducklings or Chicks

Handwashing After Touching Ducklings or Chicks

Message: After you touch ducklings or chicks, wash your hands so you don’t get sick!
Audience: Designed for the general public.
Languages: Available in 3 languages and several formats.

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Available at CDC’s Healthy Pets, Healthy People website

Handwashing After Touching Amphibians and Reptiles

Handwashing After Touching Amphibians and Reptiles

Message: After you touch amphibians or reptiles, wash your hands so you don’t get sick!
Audience: Designed for the general public.
Languages: Available in 4 languages and several formats.

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Available at CDC’s Healthy Pets, Healthy People website

Handwashing After Feeding and Handling Reptiles

Handwashing After Feeding and Handling Reptiles

Message: After you feed and handle reptiles, wash your hands so you don’t get sick!
Audience: Designed for the general public.
Languages: Available in 2 languages and several formats.

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Available at CDC’s Healthy Pets, Healthy People website

Handwashing After Touching Pet Rodents, Rabbits, and Other Small Animals

Handwashing After Touching Pet Rodents, Rabbits, and Other Small Animals

Message: After you touch your pet rodents, rabbits, and other small animals, wash your hands so you don’t get sick!
Audience: Designed for the general public.
Languages: Available in 2 languages and several formats.

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Available at CDC’s Healthy Pets, Healthy People website

Tips for Keeping People and Pets Healthy and Safe from Germs in Pet Food

Tips for Keeping People and Pets Healthy and Safe from Germs in Pet Food

Message: Wash your hands with soap and water immediately after touching animals and their food, toys, waste, or areas where they sleep and play.
Audience: Designed for the general public.
Languages: Available in 2 languages and several formats.

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Available at CDC’s Healthy Pets, Healthy People website

Cover Your Cough

Cover Your Cough

Message: Stop the spread of germs that can make you and others sick!
Audience: Designed for the general public.
Languages: Available in 14 languages and several formats.

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Available at the CDC’s Influenza website

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