Handwashing - Methods
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Household characteristics associated with handwashing with soap in rural Bangladesh.

30 Oct 2009 Handwashing with soap prevents diarrhea and respiratory disease, but it is rarely practiced in high-need settings. Among 100 randomly selected villages in rural Bangladesh, field workers enrolled 10 households per village and observed and recorded ... Read more...

Relationship between the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection and indicators of nosocomial infection control measures: a population-based study in French hospitals.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To assess whether infection control indicators are associated with the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in French hospitals. METHODS: We linked the database for the 2006 national prevalence survey ... Read more...

Water conservation in surgery: a comparison of two surgical scrub techniques demonstrating the amount of water saved using a 'taps on/taps off' technique.

30 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: Australia finds itself in the grip of its worst drought on record. The surgical profession has a responsibility to conserve water where possible. We tried to show how much water we saved through the simple measure of turning taps off ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Handwashing - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Household characteristics associated with handwashing with soap in rural Bangladesh. 30 Oct 2009
• [Infection control guidelines for the intensive care unit] 30 Sep 2009
• Child undernutrition, tropical enteropathy, toilets, and handwashing. 17 Sep 2009
• Relationship between the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection and indicators of nosocomial infection control measures: a population-based study in French hospitals. 30 Aug 2009
• Water conservation in surgery: a comparison of two surgical scrub techniques demonstrating the amount of water saved using a 'taps on/taps off' technique. 30 Jul 2009
• PACU-why hand washing is vital! 30 Jul 2009
• Evaluation of the bactericidal efficacy of three different alcohol hand rubs against 57 clinical isolates of S. aureus. 8 Jul 2009
• Successful control of norovirus outbreak in an infirmary with the use of alcohol-based hand rub. 7 Jul 2009
• Hand hygiene and treatment table sanitizing in chiropractic teaching institutions: results of an education intervention to increase compliance. 29 Jun 2009
• Hand-washing practices of facial plastic surgeons. 29 Jun 2009
• Hand washing and puerperal fever. 29 Jun 2009
• The World Health Organization Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care and their consensus recommendations. 29 Jun 2009
• Reduction of nosocomial pneumonia using surveillance and targeted interventions in an Algerian neonatal intensive care unit. 29 Jun 2009
• Microbiological efficacy and tolerability of a new, non-alcohol-based hand disinfectant. 29 Jun 2009
• [Interventions implemented to control an outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a university hospital] 30 May 2009
• Semmelweis revisited: hand hygiene and nosocomial disease transmission in the anesthesia workstation. 30 May 2009
• Self-protection as a driver for hand hygiene among healthcare workers. 30 May 2009
• Comparison of national and subnational guidelines for hand hygiene. 27 May 2009
• Water use in the surgical scrub: surgeons can reduce their environmental footprint. 29 Apr 2009
• Conspicuous vs customary location of hand hygiene agent dispensers on alcohol-based hand hygiene product usage in an intensive care unit. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Handwashing'

Definition: The act of cleansing the hands with water or other liquid, with or without the inclusion of soap or other detergent, for the purpose of removing soil or microorganisms.

Descriptor UI: D006235

Alternative terms: Handwashing; Scrub, Surgical; Scrubs, Surgical; Surgical Scrubs; Surgical Scrub; Disinfection, Hand; Hand Disinfection;

Allowable Qualifiers: methods; standards;

Tree Number: N06.850.780.200.400;

History Note: 82