Hand hygiene

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 13, 2011, Pages e24(1)-

  Longtin, Yves ^a   Sax, Hugo ^a   Allegranzi, Benedetta ^b   Schneider, Franck ^c   Pittet, Didier ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Communication Service ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DERMATITIS; DRY SKIN; HAND HYGIENE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION PREVENTION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PRURITUS; SKIN ALLERGY; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 79953322466     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMvcm0903599     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. WHO guidelines on hand hygiene in health care. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2009. (http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241597906- eng.pdf.)
2. Pittet D, Hugonnet S, Harbarth S, et al. Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene. Lancet 2000;356:1307-12. [Erratum, Lancet 2000;356:2196.]
3. Boyce JM, Pittet D. Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings. recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force. MMWR Recomm Rep 2002;51(RR-16):1-45, CE1-CE4.
4. Pittet D, Allegranzi B, Sax H, et al. Evidence-based model for hand transmission during patient care and the role of improved practices. Lancet Infect Dis 2006;6:641-52. (Pubitemid 44427733)
5. Sax H, Allegranzi B, Uckay I, Larson E, Boyce J, Pittet D. 'My five moments for hand hygiene': a user-centered design approach to understand, train, monitor and report hand hygiene. J Hosp Infect 2007;67:9-21.
6. Allegranzi B, Memish ZA, Donaldson L, Pittet D. Religion and culture: potential undercurrents influencing hand hygiene promotion in health care. Am J Infect Control 2009;37:28-34.