"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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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Hand Hygiene".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 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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Nalule Y, Buxton H, Macintyre A, Ir P, Pors P, Samol C, Leang S, Dreibelbis R. Hand Hygiene during the Early Neonatal Period: A Mixed-Methods Observational Study in Healthcare Facilities and Households in Rural Cambodia. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 04 21; 18(9).
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Makata K, Kinung'hi S, Hansen C, Ayieko P, Sichalwe S, Mcharo O, Ensink J, Dreibelbis R, Rockowitz S, Okello E, Grosskurth H, Kapiga S. Hand hygiene intervention to optimize helminth infection control: Design and baseline results of Mikono Safi-An ongoing school-based cluster-randomised controlled trial in NW Tanzania. PLoS One. 2020; 15(12):e0242240.
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Nalule Y, Buxton H, Flynn E, Oluyinka O, Sara S, Cumming O, Dreibelbis R. Hygiene along the continuum of care in the early post-natal period: an observational study in Nigeria. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2020 Oct 06; 20(1):589.
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Gon G, Dancer S, Dreibelbis R, Graham WJ, Kilpatrick C. Reducing hand recontamination of healthcare workers during COVID-19. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Jul; 41(7):870-871.
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Buxton H, Flynn E, Oluyinka O, Cumming O, Esteves Mills J, Shiras T, Sara S, Dreibelbis R. Barriers and opportunities experienced by staff when implementing infection prevention and control guidelines during labour and delivery in healthcare facilities in Nigeria. J Hosp Infect. 2019 Dec; 103(4):428-434.
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Buxton H, Flynn E, Oluyinka O, Cumming O, Esteves Mills J, Shiras T, Sara S, Dreibelbis R. Hygiene During Childbirth: An Observational Study to Understand Infection Risk in Healthcare Facilities in Kogi and Ebonyi States, Nigeria. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 04 11; 16(7).
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Davis E, Cumming O, Aseyo RE, Muganda DN, Baker KK, Mumma J, Dreibelbis R. Oral Contact Events and Caregiver Hand Hygiene: Implications for Fecal-Oral Exposure to Enteric Pathogens among Infants 3-9 Months Living in Informal, Peri-Urban Communities in Kisumu, Kenya. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 01 24; 15(2).