"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.
Practices involved in preventing the transmission of diseases by hand.
| Descriptor ID |
D063373
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.547.300 N06.850.670.150
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Hand Hygiene".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hand Hygiene" by people in Profiles.
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Preventing perioperative infections: a call to action for anesthesiologists. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2024 Dec 01; 37(6):712-718.
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Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Infrastructure and Resources in Schools in Belize during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021-2023. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Apr 12; 21(4).
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Our Third Hand: Stethoscope Hygiene in the Era of Alcohol-Resistant Organisms. Am J Med. 2023 06; 136(6):551-554.
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A new normal for the clinician's third hand: Stethoscope hygiene and infection prevention. Am J Infect Control. 2023 01; 51(1):114-118.
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Healthcare worker perceptions of hand hygiene monitoring technologies: Does technology performance matter? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 12; 42(12):1519-1520.
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Implementation of surgical site infection surveillance in low- and middle-income countries: A position statement for the International Society for Infectious Diseases. Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Nov; 100:123-131.
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A Practical Approach to the Management of Cancer Patients During the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: An International Collaborative Group. Oncologist. 2020 06; 25(6):e936-e945.
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Prevention and Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in End-Stage Renal Disease. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2019 01; 26(1):51-60.
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Contemporary stethoscope cleaning practices: What we haven't learned in 150 years. Am J Infect Control. 2019 03; 47(3):238-242.
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A successful multifaceted strategy to improve hand hygiene compliance rates. Am J Infect Control. 2015 May 01; 43(5):533-6.