Hand 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 base. Can Commun Dis Resp, 2003. 29(1): p. 4-6. Handwashing Antimicrobial. Two recent studies from France have added to the evidence that hand disinfected with alcohol or alcohol based solutions is an essential component of infection control. The first addresses hand hygiene in the wards and the seconds in the operating theatre. These are quite different scenarios. 3. Anonymous, Emails about handwashing. Emails, n.d. Handwashing. Emails send and received on the topic of Handwashing. 4. Anonymous, Food worker rules. Paraphernalia, n.d. Handwashing. Collection of Stickers for Food service workers in multiple languages. Food Worker Rules Do not work if..., Wash your hands thoroughly after you..., and Do not touch ready-to-eat foods with your hands, use... 5. Anonymous, Hand washing. Powerpoint, n.d. Handwashing. Slides include: Hygiene, Follow-up, Managerial responsibility, Gloves, Hand sanitizer, Hand washing station conditions, station setup, How to wash your hands, When to wash your hands, and lists common foodborne illness causes Staphylococcus, E. coli, Salmonella, Hepatitis, Listeria, Streptococcus. 6. Anonymous, Hands and arms. Regulations, n.d. Handwashing. From Public Health Reasons page 720-722. Regulations 2-301.11 to 2-301.16 Hands and Arms: Clean condition, Clean procedure, Special Handwash Procedures, When to Wash, Where to Wash, Hand Sanitizers (incomplete). 7. Anonymous, Interpretive guidelines skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities. Chart, n.d. Handwashing. From Ray. F384 Handwashing procedures. Included is an abstract from R. Seligmann, and S Rosenbluth's article "Comparison of Bacterial Flora on Hands of Personnel Engaged in Non-food and in Food Industries. 8. Anonymous, UK hot-air dryer microbial survey us hot-air dryer microbial survey. Charts, n.d. Handwashing Michaels. UK: % of Staphylococcus aureus (95%), other Staphylococcus species (91%), Bacillus, Enterobacteracae (63%) Citrobacter freundii, Serratia species, Enterobacter species, Proteus species, Hafnia alvei, Yersina species, Aeromonas salmonicida. US: % Staphylococcus species (100%), Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus (95%), Pseudomonadacae, Escherichia clocae, Escherichia vulneris, Enterobacter agglomerans, Flavobacterium, Acinetobacter, Fungi (48%). 9. Michaels, B., et al., Microbiological survey of hot-air hand dryers from various locations. J Food Protection, 2001. 64: p. 95. Handwashing Michaels. Numerous studies involving various hand-drying techniques have described superior hygienic efficiency of hot-air dryers when compared to cloth or paper towels. An evaluation of methods utilized in previous studies revealed several deviations from everyday use, possibly compromising final results. In these studies, hot-air dryers being tested were new (not used), employed specially filtered air, or were run for longer periods that would normally occur. Unpublished reports revealed the potential for hot-air dryers to serve as a source of cross-contamination by acting as a reservoir and emission source for dust containing potentially pathogenic microorganisms. Microbiological sampling was performed on the air streams and mechanical components of over 30 hot-air hand dryers situated in various public locations in several US cities. Air exposure samples collected on selective media before and during machine operation indicated total bacterial contamination levels increasing significantly, confirming earlier work. Swab samples of various dryer components also revealed significant microbial contamination somewhat reflective of the air-stream data. Abstract Only. 10. AAD, Hand eczema. Online Article, 1999. Handwashing. AAD is the American Academy of Dermatology. Article answers questions: What causes a hand rash? Can stress cause a hand rash? How are hand rashes treated? and Is hand protection really important? (http://www.aad.org/aadpamphrework/hand.htm) Page NOT found. 11. Action, E.f., Does handwashing with soap decrease the risk of diarrhea? Online Article, 2003. Handwashing. Evidence for Action. 12. Adams, D., et al., Clinical evaluation of glove washing and re-use in dental practice. J. Hosp. Infect., 1992. 20: p. 153-162. Handwashing Gloves. This study has assessed the durability of four brands of latex gloves, Ansell Medical ‘Medi-Grip’, Regent ‘Biogel D’, Surgikos ‘Microtouch’ and the London Rubber Company ‘Supreme’, under conditions of repeated washing and re-use in a clinical dental setting. The microbiological effectiveness of ‘Hibiscrub’ as a decontaminating washing agent was examined simultaneously. Examination by an electrical test for micropunctures in 200 unused gloves of each brand revealed such defects in 6(3%) of Ansell ‘Medi-Grip’, 3(1·5%) of ‘Biogel D’, 14(7%) of Surgikos ‘Microtouch’ and 2(1%) of LRC ‘Supreme’ gloves. Following repeated clinical use, micropunctures were detected in 18% of Ansell ‘Medi-Grip’, 10% of ‘Biogel D’, 75% of Surgikos ‘Microtouch’ and 56% of LRC ‘Supreme’. Microorganisms were isolated from the glove surfaces after 45% of the occasions on which the gloves were washed for 1 min in ‘Hibiscrub’ (ICI Dental). Eighty-five per cent of these isolates were environmental organisms, but oral streptococci were isolated from 8·4% of the pairs of gloves examined. The high rate of micro-puncture development following repeated washing and re-use of latex gloves indicates that they cannot effectively perform their barrier function under such conditions. The microbiological data have also revealed the potential for cross-infection between patients