Hand Hygiene, an Update.
Infect Dis Clin North Am
; 35(3): 553-573, 2021 09.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1340078
ABSTRACT
Hand hygiene by health care personnel is an important measure for preventing health care-associated infections, but adherence rates and technique remain suboptimal. Alcohol-based hand rubs are the preferred method of hand hygiene in most clinical scenarios, are more effective and better tolerated than handwashing, and their use has facilitated improved adherence rates. Obtaining accurate estimates of hand hygiene adherence rates using direct observations of personnel is challenging. Combining automated hand hygiene monitoring systems with direct observations is a promising strategy, and is likely to yield the best estimates of adherence. Greater attention to hand hygiene technique is needed.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Hand Disinfection
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Cross Infection
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Infection Control
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Guideline Adherence
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Hand Hygiene
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Infect Dis Clin North Am
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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