Hand Hygiene

"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.

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Practices involved in preventing the transmission of diseases by hand.

Descriptor ID	D063373
MeSH Number(s)	E02.547.300 N06.850.670.150
Concept/Terms	Hand Hygiene Hand Hygiene Hygiene, Hand

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Hand Hygiene".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Hygiene [E02.547]
Hand Hygiene [E02.547.300]
Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Hygiene [N06.850.670]
Hand Hygiene [N06.850.670.150]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2018	1	0	1
2019	2	0	2
2020	2	1	3
2021	2	0	2

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Ross I, Esteves Mills J, Slaymaker T, Johnston R, Hutton G, Dreibelbis R, Montgomery M. 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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Nalule Y, Buxton H, Ir P, Leang S, Macintyre A, Pors P, Samol C, Dreibelbis R. 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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Watson J, Cumming O, MacDougall A, Czerniewska A, Dreibelbis R. 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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Makata K, Ensink J, Ayieko P, Hansen C, Sichalwe S, Mngara J, Mcharo O, Mazigo H, Seni J, Dreibelbis R, Rockowitz S, Okello E, Grosskurth H, Kinung'hi S, Kapiga S. 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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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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