Current concepts in hand hygiene.
Recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines provide new concepts in hand hygiene. A major cornerstone of infection control, hand contamination has often been cited as the culprit in hospital-associated infections. New products and new science provide the basis for the next generation of recommendations for controlling the transmission of infectious organisms on the hands of health care providers.
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University of the Pacific, School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California, USA.
D000985:Antisepsis / Q000379:methods; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D003902:Detergents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004202:Disinfectants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000431:Ethanol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology*; D006235:Hand Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019552:Infection Control, Dental / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014481:United States
D003902:Detergents; D004202:Disinfectants; D000431:Ethanol