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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, Ben Sicks, Anna-Maria Gierke, Robin Haag, Bernhard Lau   +4 more
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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.
Sarika Gautam, Nisha Malik, Meenakshi Chauhan, Vani Malhotra, Savita Singhal, Roopa Malik, Smiti Nanda   +6 more
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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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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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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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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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Investigation on quality of disinfection in the SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid sampling sites in Shanghai， 2022

Shanghai yufang yixue, 2023
ObjectiveTo investigate the quality of disinfection in the SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid sampling sites in Shanghai.MethodsSwab samples of medical staff’ hands and environments of different SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid sampling sites were collected from July to ...
ZHANG Yucheng, FAN Junhua, TIAN Liang, JIANG Ning, JI Xiaofan, HUANG Lyulan, ZHANG Xing, ZHU Renyi   +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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