ReviewInternational journal of preventive medicine2017
Bacteriological Aspects of Hand Washing: A Key for Health Promotion and Infections Control.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Hand-to-surface bacterial transfer and healthcare-associated infections prevention: a pilot study on skin microbiome in a molecular biology laboratory.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Hair removal with a clipper and microbial colonisation prior to knee arthroplasty: a randomised controlled trial.Infection prevention in practice · 2024Article
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- [Characterization of infectious conjunctivitis in a fourth-level care center, Bogota, Colombia].Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia) · 2023Article
- Microbiological Analysis of Surgeons' Hands in a Public Hospital in São Luis, Maranhão State, Brazil: A Cross-Sectional Study.Microorganisms · 2023Article
- The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on hand hygiene adherence among pediatric physicians, in Saudi Arabia.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- Exploring infection prevention and control knowledge and beliefs in the Solomon Islands using Photovoice.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Detecting hand washing activity among activities of daily living and classification of WHO hand washing techniques using wearable devices and machine learning algorithms.Healthcare technology letters · 2021Article
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- Compliance with hygiene practices among healthcare workers at an academic hospital emergency department.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2021Article
- Has the COVID 19 Virus Changed Adherence to Hand Washing among Healthcare Workers?Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Narrative review of non-pharmaceutical behavioural measures for the prevention of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) based on the Health-EDRM framework.British medical bulletin · 2020Review
- Detection of bacterial pathogens in the hands of rural school children across different age groups and emphasizing the importance of hand wash.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2019Observational
- Decision-Making in Health and Fitness.Frontiers in public health · 2019Article
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
The aim of this review is to show the historical aspects of hands washing for healthy life and explains how can reduce the transmission of community-acquired infectious agents by healthcare workers and patients. This review article is prepared based on available database. The key words used were hands washing, risk assessment, hands hygiene, bacterial flora, contamination, infection, nosocomial, tap water, sanitizer, bacterial resistance, hands bacterial flora, washing methods, antiseptics, healthcare workers, healthcare personnel, from PubMed, ScienceDirect, Embase, Scopus, Web of Sciences, and Google Scholar. Data were descriptively analyzed. The insistence on hand washing has a history of 1400 years. The research results indicate that the bacteria released from the female washed hands in wet and dry condition was lower than from the male's hands with a significance level (3 CFU vs. 8 CFU; confidence interval 95%,
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