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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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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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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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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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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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Increasing the frequency of hand washing by healthcare workers does not lead to commensurate reductions in staphylococcal infection in a hospital ward

, 2008
YesHand hygiene is generally considered to be the most important measure that can be applied to prevent the spread of healthcare-associated infection (HAI). Continuous emphasis on this intervention has lead to the widespread opinion that HAI rates can be
Clive B Beggs, Shepherd, Simon J., Shepherd, SJ, Kerr Kevin G, Simon J Shepherd, Beggs, Clive B., Beggs, CB, Kerr, KG, Kevin G Kerr, Kerr, Kevin G., Beggs Clive B, Shepherd Simon J   +11 more
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Suitability of vaccinia virus and bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) for determining activities of three commonly-used alcohol-based hand rubs against enveloped viruses

, 2007
Background A procedure for including activity against enveloped viruses in the post-contamination treatment of hands has been recommended, but so far no European standard is available to implement it.
Jochen Steinmann, Rabenau, Holger, Steinmann Jochen, Kampf, Günter, Holger Rabenau, Kampf Günter, Günter Kampf, Steinmann, Jochen, Rabenau Holger   +8 more
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