Role of Handwashing and Hand Sanitising in Preventing Infection

"Clean Care is Safer Care" , a prime agenda of the global initiative of WHO on patient safety programmes, it is time the developing countries formulate the required policies for implementation of infection prevention practices in health care set-ups. Hand-washing reduces the number of micr...

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Published inAnnals of the Romanian society for cell biology Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 724 - 737
Main Authors Sreshtaa, V Sri, Geetha, R V, Anjaneyulu, K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Arad "Vasile Goldis" Western University Arad, Romania 01.01.2021
Subjects
Alcohol
Bacteria
Cellular biology
Compliance
Developing countries
Disease control
Disease prevention
Drug resistance
Hands
Hygiene
LDCs
Methods
Microorganisms
Multidrug resistance
Nosocomial infections
Patient safety
Sanitizers
Viruses
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Summary:"Clean Care is Safer Care" , a prime agenda of the global initiative of WHO on patient safety programmes, it is time the developing countries formulate the required policies for implementation of infection prevention practices in health care set-ups. Hand-washing reduces the number of microorganisms on the skin surface. Since hands cannot be sterilised, most organisms can be removed by 30 seconds of effective scrubbing with soap and water. The inclusion criteria for the study includes all studies including articles and literature regarding the importance of hand hygiene, its effectiveness in prevention of infection spread ,consequences of improper hygiene practices and infection - control methods . In the wake of healthcare associated infections (HCAIs), the increasing severity of illness and complexity of treatment, superimposed by multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogen infections, health care practitioners (HCPs) are reversing back to the basics of infection prevention by simple measures like hand hygiene.
ISSN:2067-3019
2067-8282