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Efficacy of ethanol against viruses in hand disinfection. [PDF]
J Hosp Infect, 2018 Ethanol is used worldwide in healthcare facilities for hand rubbing. It has been reported to have a stronger and broader virucidal activity compared with propanols. The aim of this review was to describe the spectrum of virucidal activity of ethanol in solution or as commercially available products. A systematic search was conducted.
Kampf G.
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Hospital environment as a reservoir for cross transmission. Cleaning and disinfection procedures [PDF]
, 2019 Background. Healthcare associated infections (HAIs) represent a serious problem for public health, as they increase the morbidity and mortality rates, present a relevant financial burden, and significantly contribute to the antimicrobial resistance ...
Cammalleri, V. +4 more
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Assessment of Visible Violet Light for Hand Disinfection
Biology and Life Sciences Forum, 2023 (1) Background: Hand hygiene with chemical disinfectants is an important measure to reduce the spread of infections, but frequent use can cause skin irritation.
Martin Hessling +4 more
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New technologies to improve root canal disinfection [PDF]
, 2016 Effective irrigant delivery and agitation are prerequisites to promote root canal disinfection and debris removal and improve successful endodontic treatment. This paper presents an overview of the currently available technologies to improve the cleaning
Cortese, Teresa +6 more
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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 +7 more
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Ozone and Chlorine in Wastewater Disinfection [PDF]
, 1977 In this paper, we compare ozone with chlorine regarding following respects; (1)Disinfection efficiency (2)Oxidation power (3)Effects of secondary effluents treated by ozone or chlorine on aerobic microorganisms.
Kawara, Osami
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Methods for Disinfection of Hands and Operation Sites [PDF]
BMJ, 1964 In previous studies we compared the relative value of alternative methods for disinfecting the hands of nurses and surgeons and the skin of operation sites, but a number of relevant questions were not considered. For disinfection of the operation site alcoholic solutions of chlorhexidine (0.5%) and iodine (1%) were found to be equally effective and ...
E. J. L. Lowbury +2 more
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Hand disinfection in a neonatal intensive care unit: continuous electronic monitoring over a one-year period [PDF]
, 2012 Background Good hand hygiene compliance is essential to prevent nosocomial infections in healthcare settings. Direct observation of hand hygiene compliance is the gold standard but is time consuming.
AR Marra +15 more
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Why language matters: a tour through hand hygiene literature
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2017 Background Hand hygiene has evolved over the last decades and many terminologies emerged. We aimed to analyse the evolution in the frequency of utilization of key hand hygiene terms in the literature along the years.
Daniela Pires +3 more
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Disinfection of the hands [PDF]
Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics, 1902 n ...
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