Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Recommendations and Reports, October 25, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR-16

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• Alternative Title:
  Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings : Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/ODSS Hand Hygiene Task Force
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports
• Personal Author:
  Boyce, John M. ; Pittet, Didier
• Corporate Authors:
  Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (U.S.) ; Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ; Infectious Diseases Society of America ; Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion.
• Description:
  The Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings provides health-care workers (HCWs) with a review of data regarding handwashing and hand antisepsis in health-care settings. In addition, it provides specific recommendations to promote improved hand-hygiene practices and reduce transmission of pathogenic microorganisms to patients and personnel in health-care settings. This report reviews studies published since the 1985 CDC guideline (Garner JS, Favero MS. CDC guideline for handwashing and hospital environmental control, 1985. Infect Control 1986;7:231-43) and the 1995 APIC guideline (Larson EL, APIC Guidelines Committee. APIC guideline for handwashing and hand antisepsis in health care settings. Am J Infect Control 1995;23:251-69) were issued and provides an in-depth review of hand-hygiene practices of HCWs, levels of adherence of personnel to recommended handwashing practices, and factors adversely affecting adherence. New studies of the in vivo efficacy of alcohol-based hand rubs and the low incidence of dermatitis associated with their use are reviewed. Recent studies demonstrating the value of multidisciplinary hand-hygiene promotion programs and the potential role of alcohol-based hand rubs in improving hand-hygiene practices are summarized. Recommendations concerning related issues (e.g., the use of surgical hand antiseptics, hand lotions or creams, and wearing of artificial fingernails) are also included.
• Content Notes:
  Includes bibliographical references (p. 34-44).
• Subjects:
  Hand Disinfection Hand Hygiene Infection Control / Standards
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports, 2002; v. 51, no. 16
• Series:
  Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  1057-5987 (print) ; 1545-8601 (digital)
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Guideline
• Pages in Document:
  56 pdf pages
• Volume:
  51
• Issue:
  16
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6674/cdc_6674_DS1.pdf
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