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Hand Hygiene

Known as: Hygiene, Hand 
Practices involved in preventing the transmission of diseases by hand.
National Institutes of Health

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2017
2017
CatCare: Designing a serious game to foster hand hygiene compliance in health care facilities
Lack of proper hand hygiene is often the source of hospital acquired infections. Despite many eorts, on average, health care… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
HAND HYGIENE IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS
Peritonitis remains one of the most serious complications of peritoneal dialysis (PD) and a significant cause of transfer from… 
2009
2009
Improvements in hand hygiene across New South Wales public hospitals: Clean hands save lives, Part III
Objective: To describe improvements in hand hygiene compliance after a statewide hand hygiene campaign conducted in New South… 
2009
2009
Conspicuous vs Customary Location of Hand Hygiene Agent Dispensers on Alcohol-Based Hand Hygiene Product Usage in an Intensive Care Unit
Abstract Context: Hand washing is considered the single most important nosocomial infection-control strategy, yet compliance… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Compliance with hand hygiene guidelines: where are we in 2008?
OVERVIEW It has long been known that hand hygiene among health care workers plays a central role in preventing the transmission… 
2007
2007
Hand Hygiene Compliance Rates After an Educational Intervention in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
An observational study was performed at a level III neonatal intensive care unit to assess the impact of a hand hygiene promotion… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Handwashing: a simple, economical and effective method for preventing nosocomial infections in intensive care units.
2006
2006
Using a motivational paradigm to improve handwashing compliance.
2005
2005
Hand Hygiene Compliance in a Hematology Unit
Transmission of pathogens from the hands of health care workers (HCWs) is the main cause of nosocomial infections, and hand… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Promotion of Hand Hygiene: Magic, Hype, or Scientific Challenge?
  • D. Pittet
  • Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
  • 2002
  • Corpus ID: 39477287
The compliance of healthcare workers (HCWs) with hand hygiene practices is universally low.1 The challenge of promotion of hand… 
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