منابع مشابه
Reducing the risk of infection: hand washing technique
organisms, including gram-negative bacilli, adenoviruses, the herpes simplex virus, and fungi. Infection puts eyes at higher risk of complications after cataract surgery. Hand washing is the most important, fundamental principle of infection control. It must be strongly encouraged and practised by all disciplines in the health care setting. Hand washing is required in the following situations:
متن کاملHand Washing Resources
1. Anonymous, Towels beat hot air driers hands down. Associated Press Newswire, 1993(July). Handwashing Michaels. Reports on a study done by the University of Westminster and financed by the Association of Soft Tissue Paper Manufacturers finding that hot air dryers increased bacteria on hands more than 500%. 2. Anonymous, Alcohol for hand hygiene: New comparative studies add to the evidence bas...
متن کاملHand washing for preventing diarrhoea.
BACKGROUND Diarrhoea is a common cause of morbidity and a leading cause of death among children aged less than five years, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. It is transmitted by ingesting contaminated food or drink, by direct person-to-person contact, or from contaminated hands. Hand washing is one of a range of hygiene promotion interventions that can interrupt the transmission...
متن کاملIgnaz Semmelweis--Hand washing Pioneer.
IGnAz SEmmElWEIS – HAnD WASHInG PIonEEr Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (July 1, 1818 – August 13, 1865) was the Hungarian – Austrian physician who demonstrated that puerperal fever (also known as “childbed fever”) was contagious and that its incidence could be drastically reduced by enforcing appropriate hand washing by medical care-givers. He made this discovery in 1847 while head of the Maternity D...
متن کاملHand washing promotion for preventing diarrhoea
BACKGROUND Diarrhoea accounts for 1.8 million deaths in children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). One of the identified strategies to prevent diarrhoea is hand washing. OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of hand washing promotion interventions on diarrhoeal episodes in children and adults. SEARCH METHODS We searched the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group Specialized Register (27 M...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1684-1182
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2015.02.579