Posts Tagged ‘hand hygiene’
Surgical hand washing
Every May 5 we celebrate World Handwashing Day to make everyone aware that this simple fact can save lives and protect our health. Hygiene in surgical care SAVES LIVES: wash your hands. Improving hand hygiene practices in surgical services is a priority. After 10 years of the WHO program “Clean care is safer care”, these…
Read MoreHow to stay away from the diarrhea killer “Norovirus”
The colder the weather, the “culprit” of the diarrhea in the autumn and winter seasons – the Norovirus, has long been raging. So, what exactly is Norovirus? How to prevent Norovirus? Gao Yan, the chief physician of the Infectious Diseases Management Office of Peking University People’s Hospital, and assistant researcher Qi Jiqiu will give a…
Read MoreWash your hands properly, halve the diarrheal disease
About 836 million people suffer from diarrhea every year in China, and about 1/3 of them are children. And simple hygiene habits – wash your hands, you can halve this number. Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death in children younger than 5 years of age, killing more than 160,000 children each year.…
Read MoreCurrent status and intervention of hand hygiene in child care institutions
Child care institutions have always been the focus of attention from all walks of life, and more and more reports that the hand hygiene of child care institutions can cause a series of related infectious diseases, and the incidence rate is increasing year by year. Institutional hand hygiene has become a hot research topic for…
Read MoreThe impact of hand hygiene on geriatric homes
Generally the health of the elderly is more vulnerable. An intestinal infection or a respiratory virus can lead to more complications and a longer recovery. 80% of all infections are transmitted through the hands. Washing your hands can prevent the transmission of respiratory viruses, influenza virus, enterovirus and respiratory syncytial virus, among others, as well…
Read MoreAutomatic sensor disinfection to solve food safety hazards
Food safety can’t be in the form. In theory, wearing gloves has its advantages. The disadvantages are: the temperature of the glove is close to the body temperature, the moisture is difficult to disperse, and the humidity is suitable. It can also breed a large number of microorganisms, thus giving the microorganisms secondary pollution. Ambushing…
Read MoreEffective hand hygiene is the key to reducing nosocomial infections
Dr. Sarah Tschudin-Sutter from the University Hospital Basel in Switzerland and colleagues tried their 15-second three-step handcuffs program in a randomized crossover trial. They recruited 20 healthy participants between the ages of 18 and 51. They are randomly assigned to four different hand rubbing techniques, including; Six-step hand hygiene 30 seconds Six-step hand hygiene 15…
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