• Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · Feb 2017

    Revisiting the WHO "How to Handrub" Hand Hygiene Technique: Fingertips First?

    • Daniela Pires, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Hervé Soule, Angèle Gayet-Ageron, and Didier Pittet.
    • 1Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety-Infection Control & Improving Practices,University of Geneva Hospitals andFaculty of Medicine,Geneva,Switzerland.
    • Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 Feb 1; 38 (2): 230-233.

    AbstractHands 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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