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Hand hygiene, the crusade of the infection control specialist. Alcohol-based handrub: the solution!

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Simon, Anne [UCL]

(eng) Hands of healthcare workers are the main route of transmission of microorganisms responsible for nosocomial infections. Compliance with hand hygiene procedures however is still grossly insufficient. Rubbing hands with alcohol-based solutions in order to decontaminate hands instead of handwashing, as proposed in new recommendations is one way of solving the problem. Alcohol is more efficient and faster acting than antiseptic soaps and takes care of the real or perceived constraints of healthcare workers against hand hygiene. The pocketsize bottle version of the alcohol-based solution significantly improves doctors’ compliance with hand hygiene.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article)
Publication date 2004
Language Anglais
Journal information "Acta Clinica Belgica" - Vol. 591 , no.(4), p. 89-93 (jul-aug)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Acta Clinica Belgica ((Belgium) Ghent)
issn 1784-3286
e-issn 1784-3286
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - SSS/IREC/MBLG - Pôle de Microbiologie médicale
UCL - (SLuc) Service de microbiologie
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Bibliographic reference Simon, Anne. Hand hygiene, the crusade of the infection control specialist. Alcohol-based handrub: the solution!. In: Acta Clinica Belgica, Vol. 591 , no.(4), p. 89-93 (jul-aug)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/171299