毎年 vs 年次 usage

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So I am just studying the use of まま and I came across this sentence: 手がきたないままではいけないよ。はやく洗って。 And I think I get the meaning (something like your hands are still dirty. Wash them quickly) but I don’t understand why there is ではいけない after まま。All I know so far is てはいけない as an ender to say don’t do this. But then we’d need a verb with a te form right? But kitanai is not a verb and not in the te form either. Can somebody help me out? Thanks

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