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Oral hygiene care for critically ill patients to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia [PDF]

open access: bronzeCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016
Fang Hua   +5 more
openalex   +2 more sources

SHEA/IDSA/APIC Practice Recommendation: Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene: 2022 Update

open access: yesInfection control and hospital epidemiology, 2023
The purpose of this document is to highlight practical recommendations to assist acute-care hospitals in prioritization and implementation of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene.
Janet B. Glowicz   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Relationship between dental experiences, oral hygiene education and self-reported oral hygiene behaviour

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2022
Many preventive approaches in dentistry aim to improve oral health through behavioural instruction or intervention concerning oral health behaviour. However, it is still unknown which factors have the highest impact on oral health behaviours, such as ...

semanticscholar   +1 more source

Denture cleanliness and hygiene: an overview

open access: yesBritish Dental Journal, 2022
Dentures are an excellent treatment modality for partial and edentate patients; however, improper denture care and hygiene can result in both decreased longevity of the prosthesis and increased risk of developing dental caries, periodontal disease and ...
P. Mylonas, P. Milward, R. McAndrew
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The hygiene hypothesis, the COVID pandemic, and consequences for the human microbiome

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to affect the human microbiome in infected and uninfected individuals, having a substantial impact on human health over the long term. This pandemic intersects with a decades-long decline in microbial diversity and
B. B. Finlay   +22 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Food safety knowledge, attitude, and hygiene practices of street-cooked food handlers in North Dayi District, Ghana

open access: yesEnvironmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2021
Background Food safety and hygiene are currently a global health apprehension especially in unindustrialized countries as a result of increasing food-borne diseases (FBDs) and accompanying deaths.
Lawrence Sena Tuglo   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Understanding Period Poverty: Socio-Economic Inequalities in Menstrual Hygiene Management in Eight Low- and Middle-Income Countries

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
Menstrual hygiene management and health is increasingly gaining policy importance in a bid to promote dignity, gender equality and reproductive health. Effective and adequate menstrual hygiene management requires women and girls to have access to their ...
Laura Rossouw, H. Ross
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Public Perception and Hand Hygiene Behavior During COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2021
Hand hygiene practices are important not only during the corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, but also critical to prevent the possible spread of other infectious diseases.
N. Dwipayanti   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Understanding the Relevance of Quality Management in Agro-food Product Industry: From Ethical Considerations to Assuring Food Hygiene Quality Safety Standards and Its Associated Processes

open access: yesFood reviews international (Print), 2021
The continuous improvement in good practices and implementation of hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) remains very crucial for food hygiene quality safety to steadily thrive in the agro-food product industry sector.
C. Okpala, M. Korzeniowska
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Hygiene Hypothesis – Learning From but Not Living in the Past

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2021
Postulated by Strachan more than 30 years ago, the Hygiene Hypothesis has undergone many revisions and adaptations. This review journeys back to the beginnings of the Hygiene Hypothesis and describes the most important landmarks in its development ...
P. Pfefferle   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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