Although there are many books and papers dealing with the treatment ofhand infections and also with the bacteriology of wound infection and sepsis, little has been published about the social and occupational aspects of hand infections. In this study the following questions were considered: What is the cost of a hand infection, measured in terms of money and working time lost by the patient? Wha...

introduction: herpes simplex is a contagious infectious disease that usually can be transferred by such close contacts as kissing, sexual intercourse, during pregnancy from mother to fetus or/and during the birth in contact with the vaginal secretion. herpes simplex virus (hsv) can produce a variety of infectious dangers by means of involving lips, involving genital system, skin, eyes and somet...

Background: Nosocomial infections are the most important problems of health. The prevalence of nosocomial infection is 7-10 percent of admitted patients. the present study was carried out to determine the degree of following the preventive principles of nosocomial infections in educational hospitals of Khorramabad city at 2004-2005. Material and methods: This descriptive, cross –sectional ...

BACKGROUND Hand-washing is regarded as a potentially important behavior for preventing transmission of respiratory infection, particularly during a pandemic. OBJECTIVE The objective of our study was to evaluate whether a Web-based intervention can encourage more frequent hand-washing in the home, and to examine potential mediators and moderators of outcomes, as a necessary first step before t...

The tropical diabetes hand syndrome is a complication affecting patients with diabetes mellitus in the tropics, and consists of localized cellulitis, swelling and ulceration of the hands which may progress to fulminant sepsis and gangrene of the whole limb. It is associated with a poor outcome. We report a 32 year old woman with tropical diabetes hand infection with autoamputation of the digits...

Affiliation: 1. Westchester Medical Center Infection Prevention and Control and New York Medical College Department of Medicine, Valhalla, New York. Received April 14, 2014; accepted April 16, 2014; electronically published July 16, 2014. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;35(8):961-963 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 0899-823X/2014/3508-0003$15....

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of the Cleanyourhands campaign on rates of hospital procurement of alcohol hand rub and soap, report trends in selected healthcare associated infections, and investigate the association between infections and procurement. DESIGN Prospective, ecological, interrupted time series study from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2008. SETTING 187 acute trusts in England and Wa...

OBJECTIVE Colonized and infected inpatients are major reservoirs for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and transient carriage of these pathogens on the hands of healthcare workers remains the most common mechanism of patient-to-patient transmission. We hypothesized that use of alcohol-based, waterless hand antiseptic would lower the i...