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Hooked on Sanitation Subsidies

open access: yes, 2010
Bjerre, J   +4 more
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Handwashing

Nursing Standard, 1998
This article discusses the procedure and the skills that are required to perform handwashing effectively and outlines the importance of this procedure in relation to infection control. This article is the first of three subjects relating to the principles and practice of infection control.
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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 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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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, Sandy, Cairncross
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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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Evaluating handwashing technique

Journal of Advanced Nursing, 1985
Though standards for handwashing have been defined, little effort has been made to assess the quality of handwashing in clinical settings. This paper describes tests of reliability and validity of tools to evaluate two aspects of handwashing — appropriateness and technique. Based on these tests, methods to evaluate handwashing are recommended.
E, Larson, E, Lusk
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Handwashing machines, handwashing compliance, and potential for cross-contamination

American Journal of Infection Control, 1994
Although handwashing is considered an important factor in the prevention of nosocomial infections, the optimal technique has not been determined and compliance is often difficult to obtain. Handwashing compliance is particularly important in intensive care areas of the hospital. In an effort to improve HW compliance, the surgical intensive care unit in
R, Wurtz, G, Moye, B, Jovanovic
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