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Are hygiene standards useful in assessing infection risk? [PDF]

, 2008
We monitored the surface level cleanliness of a five-bedded surgical intensive care unit (SICU) over a ten-week period in order to evaluate proposed hygiene standards.Ten environmental sites within SICU were sampled twice weekly along with collection of ...
Bhalla, Chris Robertson, Dancer, Dancer, Emori, Hardy, Hugonnet, John McDonald, Liza F. White, Macfarlane, Malik, Obee, Sexton, Stephanie J. Dancer   +13 more
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Barriers to hand hygiene in ophthalmic outpatients in Uganda: a mixed methods approach. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Healthcare-associated infection rates are high in low-income countries and are associated with significant morbidity. There is a paucity of published data on infection control practice, attitudes or resources in these settings, particularly ...
Bwonya, Dan, Houghton, Rebecca, Lindfield, Robert, Mearkle, Rachel   +3 more
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Antimicrobial Resistance Following Prolonged Use of Hand Hygiene Products: A Systematic Review

Pharmacy, 2022
Background: This systematic review aimed to establish whether antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs following prolonged use of antimicrobial hand hygiene (HH) products, and, if so, in what magnitude.
Gouri Rani Banik, Bandar Durayb, Catherine King, Harunor Rashid   +3 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, EL Larson, H Sax, JM Boyce, JM Boyce, Johannes B van Goudoever, Johannes Brug, M McGuckin, ML Earl, O Helder, OK Helder, Onno K Helder, René F Kornelisse, S Scheithauer, VC Cheng, Wim C J Hop   +15 more
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Train-the-trainers in hand hygiene : a standardized approach to guide education in infection prevention and control [PDF]

, 2019
Background Harmonization in hand hygiene training for infection prevention and control (IPC) professionals is lacking. We describe a standardized approach to training, using a “Train-the-Trainers” (TTT) concept for IPC professionals and assess its ...
Aelami, Mohammad Hassan, Agostinho, Americo, Allegranzi, Benedetta, Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Fernando, Camilleri, Liberato, Fankhauser, Carolina, Fernández Moreno, Inmaculada, Fong Lee, Yew, Hernández-de Mezerville, Marcela, Masson-Roy, Sarah, Mehtar, Shaheen, Márquez-Villarreal, Hilda, Pires, Daniela, Pittet, Didier, Rodriguez Navas, Ma Luisa, Sarabia, Odet, Tartari, Ermira   +16 more
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Transparent UV‐Curable Self‐Sanitizing Coatings Applicable to Diverse Surfaces and High‐Touch Screens to Mitigate Deadly Pathogen Transmission

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Development of a transparent, self‐sanitizing antimicrobial coating technology applicable to a wide range of materials and surfaces‐including touchscreens, transparent substrates, and metal, plastic, and glass‐regardless of pathogen type. The spray‐coated, UV‐cross‐linked imidazole‐based quaternary ammonium chloride materials provide broad‐spectrum ...
Surjith Kumaran, Sumin Han, Euna Oh, Chunghee Jo, Hyerin Shin, Dae‐Hong Ko, Hyo‐Jick Choi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

S2k-Guideline hand antisepsis and hand hygiene

GMS Hygiene and Infection Control
The consensus-based guideline “hand antisepsis and hand hygiene” for Germany has the following sections: Prevention of nosocomial infections by hygienic hand antisepsis, prevention of surgical site infections by surgical hand antisepsis, infection ...
Kramer, Axel, Seifert, Julia, Abele-Horn, Marianne, Arvand, Mardjan, Biever, Paul, Blacky, Alexander, Buerke, Michael, Ciesek, Sandra, Chaberny, Iris, Deja, Maria, Engelhart, Steffen, Eschberger, Dieter, Gruber, Bernd, Hedtmann, Achim, Heider, Julia, Hoyme, Udo B., Jäkel, Christian, Kalbe, Peter, Luckhaupt, Horst, Novotny, Alexander, Papan, Cihan, Piechota, Hansjürgen, Pitten, Frank-Albert, Reinecke, Veronika, Schilling, Dieter, Schulz-Schaeffer, Walter, Sunderdiek, Ulrich   +26 more
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Students’ observations of hand hygiene adherence in 20 nursing home wards, during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Healthcare-associated infections are a major threat to patient safety, particularly vulnerable elderly living in nursing homes, who have an increased risk of infections and mortality. Although good hand hygiene is the most effective preventive
Ida Hellum Sandbekken, Åsmund Hermansen, Inger Utne, Ellen Karine Grov, Borghild Løyland   +4 more
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Smart Face Masks as Wearable Respiratory Sensors: A Review of Sensor Technologies, Materials, and Future Directions

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advances in smart face masks that actively monitor breathing. By integrating humidity, gas, temperature, pressure, strain, and triboelectric sensors, these masks track key respiratory parameters in real time. The article summarizes sensor mechanisms, compares performance across studies, and discusses challenges and future ...
Negin Faramarzi, Naseeh Backer Kannanthodi, Alice Nicole Casling, Babar Ali, Samira Lakouraj Mansouri, Alessandro Giuseppe D'aloia, Hossein Cheraghi Bidsorkhi, Maria Sabrina Sarto   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coming clean on hand hygiene [PDF]

, 2007
Introduction: Hand hygiene is universally recognized as one of the most effective ways to reduce the cross-transmission of hospital acquired infections. Successful strategies to improve hand hygiene compliance require a baseline knowledge of hand hygiene
Borg, Michael Angelo, Chetcuti, Sarah, Montefort, Maxine, Scicluna, Elizabeth   +3 more
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