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Assessing the Impact of Teacher-Led School-based Hygiene Intervention on Children's Handwashing Practices for Childhood Disease Prevention in Lagos, Nigeria: A Cluster Randomised Control Trial

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Akinde C   +24 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ascariasis and handwashing

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2009
This review summarises evidence of the effectiveness of handwashing and the use of soap as a public health intervention against Ascaris infection, in terms of both prevalence and intensity. Literature in five major languages was searched and data were retrieved from 15 papers.
Isaac Chun-Hai Fung   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Handwashing

Nursing Standard, 2017
Essential facts Antimicrobial resistance develops when medicines are used inappropriately. Global estimates suggest that every year more than 700,000 people die from drug-resistant strains of common bacterial and viral infections, such as tuberculosis, malaria and HIV.
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Handwashing in Finland

Journal of Hospital Infection, 1991
To prevent skin problems we have recommended in Finland that hospital personnel should avoid soap or other detergents for handwashing and instead use alcoholic preparations containing emollients such as 2% glycerol. Alcohol with emollient disinfection is used frequently in hospitals and it causes fewer complaints of skin dryness than washing with soap.
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Handwashing Agents

Infection Control, 1987
Today's infection control practitioners (ICPs) bear a problem other than the one that faced Ignaz Semmelweis: not only do they attempt to get hospital personnel to wash their hands, they are bombarded by the choices of which soap to use. What type of soap is best? Towelette? Powder? Bar? Foam? Waterless? Lotion? Liquid?
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Handwashing.

Professional nurse (London, England), 2002
Hands are easily contaminated by transient bacteria and nurses must be aware of when and how to wash them and whether social handwashing or hygienic hand disinfection is required. Regular updates on good practice are recommended.
S, Bursey, C, Hardy, R, Gregson
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