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Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene in low- and middle-income settings: a retrospective analysis of data from 145 countries [PDF]
, 2014 objective To estimate the burden of diarrhoeal diseases from exposure to inadequate water, sanitation and hand hygiene in low- and middle-income settings and provide an overview of the impact on other diseases. methods For estimating the impact of water,
Bartram, Jamie +20 more
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The Professional Medical Journal, 2012 Background: WHO Guidelines recommends ‘‘My five moments for hand hygiene” for prevention of HCAI. Objective: Toassess the knowledge and practices of medical students about HCAI and hand hygiene. Setting: Lahore Medical & Dental College(LMDC), Lahore. Period: Four weeks, in January and February, 2012.
Benedetta Allegranzi, Didier Pittet
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Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2020 BACKGROUND: Washing of hands and maintenance of appropriate hand hygiene plays a significant role in preventing the spread of many communicable diseases.
Shubhi Goel +1 more
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Hand hygiene techniques:Still a requirement for evidence for practice? [PDF]
, 2015 Introduction Two hand hygiene techniques are promoted internationally: the World Health Organisation’s 6 step and the Centre for Disease Control’s 3 step techniques; both of which may be considered to have suboptimum levels of empirical evidence for use ...
Cheater, Francine +5 more
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Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2016 Summary: Hand hygiene is an important component of infection control, which is critical to ensuring patients’ safety in hospitals. Nursing students are regarded as healthcare workers in training and can also be vehicles of cross-contamination within the ...
Jonas P. Cruz, Meshrif A. Bashtawi
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Hand hygiene habit and pathogens found in medical students
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, 2021 The objective was to know the hand hygiene habits of medical students; as well as the bacterial population resident in the palm of the hands. An observational, descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out.
Nicanor Domínguez Navarrete +4 more
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Jurnal Keperawatan Klinis dan Komunitas (Clinical and Community Nursing Journal), 2021 Background: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients are immunosuppressive and susceptible to infection. Their visit toward ICU may increase pathogen contamination and infection transmission probability.
Sulistina Alifah Purbaningrum +3 more
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The development of hand hygiene compliance imperatives in an emergency department [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Monitoring results showing poor hand hygiene compliance in a major, busy emergency department prompted a quality improvement initiative to improve hand hygiene compliance.
Coen, P. G. +3 more
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Applying thematic synthesis to interpretation and commentary in epidemiological studies: identifying what contributes to successful interventions to promote hand hygiene in patient care [PDF]
, 2020 Objectives: Hand hygiene is considered the most important preventive measure for healthcare associated infections, but adherence is suboptimal. We previously undertook a Cochrane Review which demonstrated that interventions to improve adherence are ...
Birgand +9 more
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Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare EpidemiologyIntroduction: Nowadays, surgical site infection is one of the four common types of healthcare-associated infections. There are many preventive measures applied and surgical hand hygiene (SHH) is the most effective and the simplest measure.
Truong Thi Le Huyen +8 more
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