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Graphical Assessment Technique (Gat) - An Objective, Comprehensive and Comparative Hand Hygiene Quantification Tool [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: There has been a profound leap in developing countries in sectors of human development but it falls short of millennium development goals.
Jishnu Krishna Kumar, Basavaraj Patthi, Ashish Singla, Ritu Gupta, Monika Prasad, Venisha Pandita, Ravneet Malhi, Vaibhav Vashishtha   +7 more
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Quantity of ethanol absorption after excessive hand disinfection using three commercially available hand rubs is minimal and below toxic levels for humans

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2007
Background Despite the increasing promotion of alcohol-based hand rubs and the worldwide use of ethanol-based hand rubs in hospitals only few studies have specifically addressed the issue of ethanol absorption when repeatedly applied to human skin.
Toma Cyril D, Kampf Guenter, Bieber Nora, Below Harald, Kramer Axel, Huebner Nils-Olaf, Assadian Ojan   +6 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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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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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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Campylobacter infections in children exposed to infected backyard poultry in Egypt [PDF]

, 2014
Campylobacteriosis is a zoonotic disease which has a worldwide public health impact. The disease is endemic in Egypt; however, the epidemiology in animals and humans has not been fully characterized. The objective of this study was to compare the risk of
A. A. TAYEL, Alteknuse, Blaser, Figueroa, H. R. HOLT, Kassa, N. N. EL-KADY, Oberhelman, Oberhelman, Pazzaglia, Rajendran, Skirrow, Tauxe, Taylor, Taylor, Tsunematsu, W. F. EL-TRAS, Wagenaar, Wasfy   +18 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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Lifting the lid: a clinical audit on commode cleaning [PDF]

, 2010
Many healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) are preventable by infection control procedures designed to interrupt the transmission of organisms from a source. Commodes are in use constantly throughout healthcare facilities.
Ayliffe GAJ, Biotrace., Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Cresswell J., Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, Helen Bucior, Higgs J., I nfection Control Nurses Association, Inglis TJJ., Joan Cochrane, LoBiondo-Wood G., National Audit Office, National Clostridium difficile Standards Group, National Institute for Clinical Excellence, National Patient Safety Agency, NHS Estates, Pratt R., Wilson J.   +20 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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Comparison of the effectiveness of chlorine, ozone, and photocatalytic disinfection in reducing the risk of antibiotic resistance pollution [PDF]

, 2011
Effectiveness of conventional chlorine and ozone disinfection on reduction of antibiotic resistance was compared with less commonly applied heterogeneous photocatalytic process.
Balcioglu, Isil Akmehmet, Balcıoğlu, Işıl Akmehmet, Menceloglu, Yusuf Z., Menceloğlu, Yusuf Z., Oncu, Nalan Bilgin, Öncü, Nalan Bilgin   +5 more
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