title: Hand washing.
abstract: Essential facts Antimicrobial resistance develops when the medicines are used inappropriately. Global estimates suggest that every year more than 700,000 people die from drug-resistant strains of common bacterial and viral infections, such as the human immunodeficiency virus, tuberculosis and malaria. If antimicrobial resistance continues to increase, this number could rise to ten million a year by 2050.
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dean
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006235:Hand Disinfection / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic