Hand hygiene habit and pathogens found in medical students
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, 2021 The objective was to know the hand hygiene habits of medical students; as well as the bacterial population resident in the palm of the hands. An observational, descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out.
Nicanor Domínguez Navarrete +4 more
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Medycyna Pracy, 2021 Background Keeping short, unpainted nails is a significant element of effective hand disinfection among nurses. The aim of the study was to examine the qualitative microbiological purity of painted nails after hand disinfection, taking into account the ...
Marta Wałaszek +6 more
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Hand hygiene on gloved hands: is glove integrity compromised by repeated disinfections? [PDF]
Antimicrob Steward Healthc EpidemiolDoll M +6 more
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Global Challenges, 2021 In the current COVID‐19 pandemic, wearing masks and hand disinfection are widely adopted hygiene practices. Alcohol‐based sanitizers are commonly used for hand disinfection, however, the alcohol vapors can dissipate the charges on electrostatic filters ...
Weidong He +4 more
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A STUDY IN THE DISINFECTION OF THE HANDS
Annals of Surgery, 1926 HOWARD LILIENTHAL, Jerome M. Ziegler
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Wpływ Higieny Rąk Personelu Medycznego na Transmisję Czynników Etiologicznych Zakażeń Związanych z Opieką Zdrowotną [PDF]
Postępy Mikrobiologii, 2021 Prawidłowo przeprowadzona procedura mycia i dezynfekcji rąk, wśród pracowników jednostek medycznych jest jedną z podstawowych zasad zapobiegania zakażeniom związanym z opieka zdrowotną, które znacznie wydłużają hospitalizację, generując większe koszty ...
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To Increase the Practice of Hand Washing with the Correct 7-Step Technique for 2 Minutes for Doctors Conducting Vaginal Deliveries from Baseline to 80 % in 4 Weeks [PDF]
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Journal, 2022 Introduction:Hand washing is one of the basic habits to prevent infection from service provider to service seeker. Germs are transmissible from one person to another.
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Disinfection of the Hands of Surgeons and Nurses [PDF]
BMJ, 1960 The hands of the nurse and the surgeon are undoubtedly two of the chief vectors of hospital infection. They often carry pathogenic organisms, in particular Staphylococcus aurelus, which may be present in large numbers. Price (1938) has shown that scrubbing with soap and water for six minutes will reduce the numbers Df bacteria on the hands by only ...
E. J. L. Lowbury, H. A. Lilly
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Gloves use and possible barriers – an observational study with concluding questionnaire
GMS Hygiene and Infection Control, 2021 Aim: The basic assumption of this study was that the use of medical non-sterile gloves represents a barrier to correct hand hygiene behaviour. The aim of this study was to examine this assumption and detect reasons for possible incorrect behaviour ...
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Prolonged environmental persistence requires efficient disinfection procedures to control Devriesea agamarum associated disease in lizards [PDF]
, 2011 Aims: Devriesea agamarum infection causes chronic proliferative dermatitis, especially in desert dwelling lizards. The present study was concerned with evaluating persistency of D. agamarum in the environment and the evaluation of the efficacy of various
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