"Hand Hygiene" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Practices involved in preventing the transmission of diseases by hand.
Descriptor ID |
D063373
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MeSH Number(s) |
E02.547.300 N06.850.670.150
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hand Hygiene" by people in Profiles.
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Hughes AM, Doos D, Ahmed RA, Pham TND, Barach P. How Can Personal Protective Equipment Be Best Used and Reused: A Closer Look at Donning and Doffing Procedures. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2022 Sep 26; 17:e272.
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Nguyen AX, Gervasio KA, Wu AY. COVID-19 Recommendations From Ophthalmic and Plastic Reconstructive Surgery Societies Worldwide. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020 Jul/Aug; 36(4):334-345.
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Goldstein ND, Eppes SC, Mackley A, Tuttle D, Paul DA. A Network Model of Hand Hygiene: How Good Is Good Enough to Stop the Spread of MRSA? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 08; 38(8):945-952.
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O'Hara LM, Morgan DJ, Pineles L, Li S, Sulis C, Bowling J, Drees M, Jacob JT, Anderson DJ, Warren DK, Harris AD. Is There a Correlation Between Infection Control Performance and Other Hospital Quality Measures? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 06; 38(6):736-739.
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Stedman-Smith M, DuBois CL, Grey SF, Kingsbury DM, Shakya S, Scofield J, Slenkovich K. Outcomes of a pilot hand hygiene randomized cluster trial to reduce communicable infections among US office-based employees. J Occup Environ Med. 2015 Apr; 57(4):374-80.
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Ferng YH, Clock SA, Wong-Mcloughlin J, DeLaMora PA, Perlman JM, Gray KS, Paul DA, Prasad PA, Zaoutis TE, Alba LR, Whittier S, Larson EL, Saiman L. Multicenter Study of Hand Carriage of Potential Pathogens by Neonatal ICU Healthcare Personnel. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2015 Sep; 4(3):276-9.