background and objectives: hand hygiene (hh) is crucial for preventing of infectious complications in health care settings. informing healthcare workers on the recommended hand washing method can promote this practice in the clinical staff. this study aimed to evaluate the impact of training the who-recommended five-moment hand washing method in promoting hand hygiene in a health care setting. ...

conclusions there was a moderate level of knowledge, practices, perceives and beliefs in nurses and students for the importance of hand hygiene. compliance with the importance of hand hygiene in infection control is complex, and perceptual factors concerning hand hygiene, in addition to an individual’s knowledge could affect the behaviors related to hand hygiene compliance. background the curre...

The influences of stock consistency on the kappa number, residual alkali of pulp, flow direction of lignin, chemical oxygen demand, oxidation with dichromate (CODCr), and five-day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) in effluents were investigated in a washing process. Compared with 15% stock consistency, 35% stock consistency could lead to a decrease of at least 25% in the consumption of washing w...

Many people do not wash their hands when the behavior in which they engage would warrant it. Most research of hand washing practices to date has taken place in high-traffic environments such as airports and public attraction venues. These studies have established a persistent shortcoming and a gender difference in hand washing compliance. Using field observations of 3,749 people in a college to...

Cell/bead washing is an indispensable sample preparation procedure used in various cell studies and analytical processes. In this article, we report a standing surface acoustic wave (SSAW)-based microfluidic device for cell and bead washing in a continuous flow. In our approach, the acoustic radiation force generated in a SSAW field is utilized to actively extract cells or beads from their orig...

In this thesis, companies using returnable plastic packaging are investigated from a green logistics’ perspective, focusing on the washing process performed after they are used. Returnable plastic boxes used to carry components are, in some cases, washed systematically to secure customer requirements. The purpose of this master thesis is to describe existing flows of returnable plastic boxes by...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to explore the potential contribution to skin damage caused by standard washing and drying techniques used in nursing. DESIGN An experimental cohort design was used, with healthy volunteers (n = 15) receiving 6 different washing and drying techniques to the volar aspect of the forearm. Subjects underwent 3 washing and drying techniques on each arm; each techn...

INTRODUCTION Hand washing with soap and water is one of the cheapest, most effective ways of limiting the spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Despite its importance the prevalence of hand washing was low before the EVD outbreak in Nigeria. This study aimed at determining the factors associated with improved hand washing practices following the EVD outbreak. METHODS A descriptive cross sectio...