Revisiting the WHO "How to Handrub" Hand Hygiene Technique: Fingertips First?
- Pires, Daniela
- Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Fernando
- Soule, Hervé
- Gayet-Ageron, Angèle
- Pittet, Didier
Publication date
January 2017
DOI Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP) ISSN
0899-823X Citation count (estimate)
5Abstract
Hands are implicated in the cross transmission of microbial pathogens and fingertips are the crux of the problem. A modified World Health Organization "How to Handrub" 6-step technique with "Fingertips First" showed greater efficacy than the standard technique in reducing fingertip contamination, potentially improving hand hygiene action quality. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:230-233
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