Hand hygiene in hospitals: anatomy of a revolution.

@article{Vermeil2019HandHI,
  title={Hand hygiene in hospitals: anatomy of a revolution.},
  author={T Vermeil and Alexandra Peters and Claire Kilpatrick and Daniela Pires and Benedetta Allegranzi and Didier Pittet},
  journal={The Journal of hospital infection},
  year={2019},
  volume={101 4},
  pages={
          383-392
        }
}
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The results indicated that visual reminders create awareness and increase handwashing frequency among Rhode Island Hospital nurses and the implementation of visual reminders provided nurses with the knowledge and understanding of the importance of the issue.
Adherence to hand hygiene in critical sectors: Can we go on like this?
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Evaluation of adherence to hand hygiene in critical units of a tertiary-level hospital in Center-West Brazil found the physical structure for HH in the institution was poor and no professionals reached the minimum time required for execution of HH techniques.
Impact of environmental hygiene interventions on healthcare-associated infections and patient colonization: a systematic review
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Most studies demonstrated that interventions in the hospital environment were related with lower HAI and/or patient colonization, and all that analyzed bioburden demonstrated a reduction following the HEH intervention.
Hand Sanitizer an Alternative to Hand Washing—A Review of Literature
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It is evaluated that washing hands with soap and water are more practical and efficacious than using the sanitizer on greasy and soiled hands.
Hand hygiene implementation: an easy step to improve public health
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Increasing well-trained nurse staffing will enable nurses and midwives to improve quality of care and prevent infections, and reduces infections and the economic burden of healthcare-associated infections on countries’ economies.
Keeping hospitals clean and safe without breaking the bank; summary of the Healthcare Cleaning Forum 2018
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Hospitals and key stakeholders must work together to change how the authors maintain the hospital environment in order to better protect patients, and what is needed is a reevaluation of how hospitals view environmental hygiene: not just an area from which to cut costs, but one that can add value.
Production and optimization of hand disinfection solution based on the World Health Organization formulation: a short article
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The aim of this study was to prepare and optimization of an alcoholbased hand rub solution recommended by world health organization to reduce expenses in sanction situations and also enhance the satisfaction and tolerability of the product.
Production and optimization of hand disinfection solution based on the World Health Organization formulation: Short Communication
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The aim of this study was to prepare and optimization of an alcohol-based hand rub solution recommended by World Health Organization to reduce expenses in sanction situations and also enhance the satisfaction and tolerability of the product.
Hand eczema and contact allergy in healthcare work
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A dose-dependent association with hand eczema was found for daily number of hand washes with soap at work, and for time working with medical gloves, and in an experimental study factors influencing DPG release from a polyisoprene rubber glove was investigated.
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