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Compliance with hand disinfection in the surgical area of an orthopedic university clinic: results of an observational study
BackgroundHand hygiene using alcoholic hand rub solution is essential for the prevention of surgical site infections. There are several opportunities...
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Disinfection of incubators in neonatal intensive care units: impact of steam pulverization on bacterial colonization
BackgroundIn neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), neonates requiring medical care after birth, including very vulnerable preterm infants, are...
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How biofilm changes our understanding of cleaning and disinfection
Biofilms are ubiquitous in healthcare settings. By nature, biofilms are less susceptible to antimicrobials and are associated with...
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Sterilisation and Disinfection
Microbes are ubiquitous, and many microorganisms are associated with undesirable consequences, such as food spoilage and disease. Therefore, killing...
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Evaluation of a novel surface-coating formulation with time-extended antimicrobial activity for healthcare environment disinfection
BackgroundThe importance of environmental contamination in the transmission of pathogens among hospitalized patients is universally recognized, and...
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Assessment of Surface Disinfection Effectiveness of Decontamination System COUNTERFOG® SDR-F05A+ Against Bacteriophage ɸ29
The experience of COVID19 pandemic has demonstrated the real concern of biological agents dispersed in the air and surfaces environments. Therefore,...
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Effect Analysis of Different Environmental Disinfection Methods on Reducing Contamination of Surfaces by the Omicron BA.2.2 Variant of SARS-CoV-2 and the Characteristics of Fomite Contamination in the Fever Clinic in the Out-Broken of Shanghai
This study aimed to investigate the effect of different environmental disinfection methods on reducing contaminated surfaces (CSs) by the Omicron...
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Advanced Oxidation Processes for Water and Wastewater Viral Disinfection. A Systematic Review
Water and wastewater virological quality is a significant public health issue. Viral agents include emerging and re-emerging pathogens characterized...
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Evaluation of quality and antimicrobial efficacy of locally manufactured alcohol-based hand sanitizers marketed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in the era of COVID-19
BackgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been rapidly spreading across the globe since the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared...
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Emergency ward ultrasound: clinical audit on disinfection practices during routine and sterile examinations
ContextIn the emergency ward, where the use of ultrasound is common (including for sterile procedures), ward equipment is constantly exposed to high...
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Knowledge, awareness, and risk practices related to bacterial contamination of antiseptics, disinfectants, and hand hygiene products among healthcare workers in sub-saharan Africa: a cross-sectional survey in three tertiary care hospitals (Benin, Burkina Faso, and DR Congo)
BackgroundAntiseptics, disinfectants, and hand hygiene products can be contaminated with bacteria and cause healthcare-associated infections, which...
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The combined application of hand hygiene and non-sterile gloves by nurses in a tertiary hospital: a multi methods study
BackgroundThe application of hand hygiene (HH) and the use of non-sterile gloves (NSG) in daily care is highly intertwined. We aimed (1) to assess...
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Hand hygiene compliance in a Brazilian COVID-19 unit: the impact of moments and contact precautions
BackgroundHealthcare-associated infections are among the most common complications during hospitalization. These infections increase morbidity and...
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Hand hygiene compliance and its drivers in long-term care facilities; observations and a survey
BackgroundHand hygiene is an important measure to prevent healthcare-associated infections in long-term care facilities.
ObjectivesTo evaluate...
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Ethanol is indispensable for virucidal hand antisepsis: memorandum from the alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) Task Force, WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, and the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
BackgroundThe approval of ethanol by the Biocidal Products Regulation has been under evaluation since 2007. This follows concern over alcohol uptake...
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Development and efficacy assessment of hand sanitizers and polylactic acid films incorporating caffeic acid and vanillin for enhanced antiviral properties against HCoV-229E
BackgroundAlthough three years after the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2, the virus is still having a significant impact on human health and the global...
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Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Therapy for Wound Healing and Disinfection: A Review
In the past two decades, usage of non-thermal, cold atmospheric pressure (CAP) plasmas for medical application are widely studied as it can be used...
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Designing an ideal alcohol-based hand sanitizer: in vitro antibacterial responses of ethanol and isopropyl alcohol solutions to changing composition
This study aimed to achieve an in vitro quantification of the effects of composition and formulation factors on the killing rates of alcohol-based...
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Hand hygiene compliance and its associated factors among health care providers in primary hospitals of Waghimira Zone, Northeast Ethiopia: a mixed study design
IntroductionHand hygiene compliance is the problem of develo** nations particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa including Ethiopia. Despite a lot of...
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Do task and item difficulty affect overestimation of one’s hand hygiene compliance? A cross-sectional survey of physicians and nurses in surgical clinics of six hospitals in Germany
BackgroundOne barrier to hand hygiene compliance is overestimation of one’s own performance. Overconfidence research shows that overestimation tends...
