Revisiting the WHO "How to Handrub" Hand Hygiene Technique: Fingertips First?

Pires, Daniela; Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Fernando; Soule, Hervé; Gayet-Ageron, Angèle; Pittet, Didier

doi:10.1017/ice.2016.241

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Revisiting the WHO "How to Handrub" Hand Hygiene Technique: Fingertips First?

ContributorsPires, Daniela; Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Fernando; Soule, Hervé; Gayet-Ageron, Angèle; Pittet, Didier

Published inInfection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 38, no. 2, p. 230-233

Publication date2017

Abstract

Hands are implicated in the cross transmission of microbial pathogens and fingertips are the crux of the problem. A modified World Health Organization "How to Handrub" 6-step technique with "Fingertips First" showed greater efficacy than the standard technique in reducing fingertip contamination, potentially improving hand hygiene action quality. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:230-233.

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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

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PIRES, Daniela et al. Revisiting the WHO ‘How to Handrub’ Hand Hygiene Technique: Fingertips First? In: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2017, vol. 38, n° 2, p. 230–233. doi: 10.1017/ice.2016.241

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PID : unige:99498
DOI : 10.1017/ice.2016.241
PMID : 27817763

Journal ISSN0899-823X

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