"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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| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 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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Recommendations for hand hygiene in community settings: a scoping review of current international guidelines. BMJ Open. 2023 06 21; 13(6):e068887.
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A controlled before-and-after study of a multi-modal intervention to improve hand hygiene during the peri-natal period in Cambodia. Sci Rep. 2022 Nov 16; 12(1):19646.
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Costs of hand hygiene for all in household settings: estimating the price tag for the 46 least developed countries. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 12; 6(12).
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Hand hygiene during facility-based childbirth in Cambodia: a theory-driven, mixed-methods observational study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 Jun 17; 21(1):429.
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Effectiveness of behaviour change techniques used in hand hygiene interventions targeting older children - A systematic review. Soc Sci Med. 2021 07; 281:114090.
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Hand hygiene intervention to optimise soil-transmitted helminth infection control among primary school children: the Mikono Safi cluster randomised controlled trial in northwestern Tanzania. BMC Med. 2021 05 21; 19(1):125.
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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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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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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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Reducing hand recontamination of healthcare workers during COVID-19. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Jul; 41(7):870-871.