A modified hand washing method for resource limited settings [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 The Good Microbiological Practices & Procedures (GMPP) is the most significant risk control measure as per the fourth edition of the WHO laboratory biosafety manual. Among GMPP, one of the best practices is hand washing.
Samreen Sarwar +2 more
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Detecting hand washing activity among activities of daily living and classification of WHO hand washing techniques using wearable devices and machine learning algorithms [PDF]
Healthcare Technology Letters, 2021 During COVID‐19, awareness of proper hand washing has increased significantly. It is critical that people learn the correct hand washing techniques and adopt good hand washing habits.
Yiyuan Zhang +4 more
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Mothers' hand washing practices and associated factors among model and non-model households in the rural community of Bibugn district, north west Ethiopia: The context of the Ethiopian health extension package [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Background: Hand-washing with soap is one of the most cost-effective ways of reducing the global infectious disease burden, particularly diarrhea and acute respiratory infections.
Agerie Abebe +5 more
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Factors associated with hand washing effectiveness: an institution-based observational study [PDF]
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2023 Background Few studies have investigated how the effectiveness of hand washing in removing hand contaminants is influenced by the performance and duration of each step involved.
Chen Shi +12 more
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Impact of hand hygiene intervention on hand washing ability of school-aged children [PDF]
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2021 Background: To assess the current knowledge related to hand washing and efficiency of intervention on hand washing techniques amongst school children. Methodology: A randomized control trial was conducted amongst class II students of a private school in ...
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Hand washing Compliance - Is It A Reality? [PDF]
Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2007 Background: Transmission of microorganisms from the hands of health care workers is the main source of cross-infection in hospitals and can be prevented by hand washing.
Suchitra JB, Lakshmidevi N
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Hand Washing Gesture Recognition Using Synthetic Dataset [PDF]
Journal of ImagingHand hygiene is paramount for public health, especially in critical sectors like healthcare and the food industry. Ensuring compliance with recommended hand washing gestures is vital, necessitating autonomous evaluation systems leveraging machine ...
Rüstem Özakar, Eyüp Gedikli
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Hand washing practice among health care workers in Ethiopia: systemic review and meta-analysis, 2020 [PDF]
Heliyon, 2021 Objective: Hand washing with soap and water is the single most weapon against infectious agents. Proper hand washing is not only reduces nosocomial infection, but also prevents the spread of current global concern Novel Corona viruses (COVID-19) and ...
Haileyesus Gedamu +4 more
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Knowledge of hand hygiene and evaluation of hand washing technique among nurses at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital [PDF]
BMC NursingBackground Healthcare worker’s hands are route for cross-transmission of potentially harmful germs between patients in a healthcare facility. As hand washing is an established cost-effective measure for infection control, hand hygiene knowledge and ...
Nnamdi Ikechukwu Nwosu +7 more
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Data, 2021 Washing hands is one of the most important ways to prevent infectious diseases, including COVID-19. The World Health Organization (WHO) has published hand-washing guidelines.
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