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Prevalence of Occupational Contact Dermatitis and its related Factors among Surgical Technologists in Five Educational Centers of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences

بهداشت کار و ارتقای سلامت, 2021
Introduction: Occupational skin diseases and hand contact dermatitis specifically are among the most common occupational diseases among the healthcare workers.
ali PAHNABI, Solale RAMAZANI, Ehsan MOHAMMADI, Ebrahim NASIRI   +3 more
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Comparison of the Degree of Bacterial Removal by Hand Hygiene Products

치위생과학회지, 2022
Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic increased awareness regarding the importance of hand hygiene in infection prevention. Although social distancing and vaccination are the strongest ways to prevent infection, personal hand hygiene is
Young Sun Hwang
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Role of hand disinfection of dentists in interrupting cross-transmission of infections in dental practice [PDF]

Folia Medica
Introduction: It is mandatory to perform meticulous hygienic disinfection of dentists’ hands. Dental personnel unintentionally transfer microorganisms from the patient’s mouth to adjacent surfaces, and vice versa.
Veselina Kondeva, Velina Stoeva, Yordan Kalchev   +2 more
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Effects of Disinfection Methods on the Color Stability of Precolored and Hand-Colored Maxillofacial Silicone: An In Vitro Study

International Journal of Biomaterials, 2022
Maxillofacial prostheses are used in rehabilitation of patients with facial defects. Typically, these prostheses are fabricated with medical grade silicone and are tinted corresponding to the patients’ natural skin color. However, exposure to environment
Natdhanai Chotprasert, Binit Shrestha, Kawin Sipiyaruk   +2 more
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Benefits analysis of different hand-drying materials used in surgical hand disinfection (不同干手材料用于外科手消毒中的效益研究分析)

中西医结合护理, 2022
Objective To analyzed the hygienic test and benefit analysis of traditional sterilized hand towel and disposable sterile toilet paper before surgical hand disinfection.
LIN Zhiyuan (林志远), YE Cijun (叶赐君), DENG Jiaqi (邓嘉祺), ZHANG Yuanyuan (张媛媛), LI Yuanzhao (李源昭), LIN Yanling (刘艳玲)   +5 more
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A tipping point of spreading viruses: Estimating the risk of household contact transmission of COVID-19

Frontiers in Physics, 2023
COVID-19 infection has been reported to be caused by droplet and contact infection. This paper proposes a model that visualizes the risk of contact infection to family members when viruses spread to various items at home.
Setsuya Kurahashi, Taisei Mukai, Yukari Sekine, Keisuke Nakajima, Keiko Otake, Junichi Sugiyama, Takeshi Takizawa, Yasushi Kakizawa   +7 more
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Effect of SARs-CoV-2 pandemic on infection prevention behaviors and bacterial burden of high touch surfaces in a medical/surgical setting

Scientific Reports, 2022
This study aimed to determine the longitudinal efficacy of ultraviolet germicidal disinfection (UV-C) in a non-terminal disinfection context. Moreover, factors influencing enhanced infection prevention behaviors during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic were ...
Marisol Resendiz, Dawn M. Blanchard, Michael B. Lustik, Timothy S. Horseman, Gordon F. West   +4 more
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Survey determination of applying disinfection and sterilization methods in operating rooms in hospitals ofMalayer in 1999 [PDF]

حیات, 2001
In this descriptive research, the application of disinfection and sterilization methods in three hospitals of Malayer was surveyed.The objectives of this study were determining disinfection and sterilization application methods in physical place ...
F Fatorehchi, M Zakerimoghadam, N Baharani, V Bashari   +3 more
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Hand hygiene in emergencies: Multiprofessional perceptions from a mixed methods based online survey in Germany

International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances
Introduction: Despite high vulnerability to infection, hand disinfection compliance in emergencies is low. This is regularly justified as the disinfection procedure delays life support, and instead, wearing disposable gloves is preferred.
Stefan Bushuven, Michael Bentele, Stefanie Bentele, Milena Trifunovic-Koenig, Sven Lederle, Bianka Gerber, Joachim Bansbach, Julian Friebel, Julian Ganter, Irit Nachtigall, Simone Scheithauer   +10 more
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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, LOWBURY, H A, LILLY
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