Seeking clearer recommendations for hand hygiene in communities facing Ebola: A randomized trial investigating the impact of six handwashing methods on skin irritation and dermatitis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Wolfe, Marlene K ^a   Wells, Emma ^a   Mitro, Brittany ^a   Desmarais, Anne Marie ^a   Scheinman, Pamela ^b   Lantagne, Daniele ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE; HYPOCHLORITE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; TROCLOSENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IRRITANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA SCORE INDEX; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SKIN DISEASE ASSESSMENT; SKIN IRRITATION; VIRUS INACTIVATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECTS; HAND DISINFECTION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; SKIN; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HAND HYGIENE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007356063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167378     Document Type: Article

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