title: Current concepts in hand hygiene.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of the Pacific, School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Eve
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cuny
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D003902:Detergents; D004202:Disinfectants; D000431:Ethanol