Hand hygiene is one of the basic components of any infection control program and is frequently considered synonymous with hand washing. However, health care workers frequently do not wash their hands, and compliance rarely exceeds 40%. Hand rubbing with a waterless, alcohol-based rub-in cleanser is commonly used in many European countries instead of hand washing. Scientific evidence and ease of...

Aim: The aim of the study was to assess the success and efficiency of the training practices for acquisition of basic personal hygiene skills and behavior of hand washing and soiling in a relatively heterogeneous group of individuals receiving care from a drop-in day care/special education service. We also analyzed etiologies of the causes of discrepancies in learning behavior implying a need f...

Diarrhoael disease ranks second as the cause of under -five mortality worldwide and is particularly important in the developing world. Risk factors include water source, poor human and domestic waste disposal, poor hand washing and breastfeeding practices. Outcome depends on appropriate oral rehydration therapy, continued feeding and rational use of drugs. This work was designed to identify ong...

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of physical interventions to reduce the spread of respiratory viruses. Design: Systematic review. Methods: The authors looked at studies of any interventions to prevent or reduce transmission of respiratory viruses and found 58 studies that met their criteria. Interventions included hand washing, hand disinfection, virucide-impregnated tissues, masks, glov...

BACKGROUND Aim of the study was to determine the effect of the regular use of a hand cream after washing hands on skin hydration and skin roughness. METHODS Twenty-five subjects washed hands and forearms with a neutral soap four times per day, for 2 minutes each time, for a total of two weeks. One part of them used a hand cream after each hand wash, the others did not (cross over design after...

BACKGROUND One of the best ways to prevent malaria is the use of insecticide-treated bed nets. Manufacturers pursue easier, safer and more efficient nets. Hence, many studies on the efficacy and wash resistance using World Health Organization standards have been reported. The commonly used detergent is "Savon de Marseille", because it closely resembles actually used soaps. At the 54(th) Collabo...

Fifty volunteers randomly assigned to one of five hand washing agents (10 subjects per agent)--a nonantiseptic liquid soap (control), an antiseptic hand rinse containing 60% isopropyl alcohol (IPA) with emollients (Alc A), an antiseptic hand rinse containing 70% IPA and 0.5% chlorhexidine gluconate with emollients (Alc B), an antiseptic containing 4% chlorhexidine gluconate and 4% IPA (CHG), an...

One-third of the annual 4 million neonatal deaths occurring worldwide are associated with infections [1,2]. In countries with high neonatal mortality (>45 per 1000 births), 50% of these deaths are attributed to infections [2]. India contributes to one-fifth of the total live births and 27% of global newborn mortality [3]. Essential maternal and newborn care interventions such as clean delivery,...