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18 wrz 2015 · A survey of IPS R&D members indicated that what might appear to be simple interactions and interventions in healthcare, such as hand shaking and hand hygiene, should be considered complex interventions taking account of behaviour at the individual and social level as well as contextual factors.
Transmission of health care-associated pathogens from one patient to another via HCWs’ hands requires five sequential steps (Figures I.7.1–6): (i) organisms are present on the patient’s skin, or have been shed onto inanimate objects immediately surrounding the patient; (ii) organisms must be transferred to the hands of HCWs; (iii ...
29 lip 2014 · Is it time to consider changing the tradition of shaking hands? Two researchers from Aberystwyth University in Wales make the case that handshaking exchanges a lot more germs than a modern alternative, the fist bump.
• Clean your hands by rubbing them with an alcohol-based formulation, as the preferred mean for routine hygienic hand antisepsis if hands are not visibly soiled. It is faster, more effective, and better tolerated by your hands than washing with soap and water. • Wash your hands with soap and water.
We developed an experimental model to assay transfer of bacteria during greeting exchange, and show that transfer is dramatically reduced when engaging in alternative so-called dap greetings known as the high five and fist bump compared with a traditional handshake.
20 gru 2013 · What started off as a joke between friends became a study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection with a surprising conclusion: Fist-bumping reduces the transmission of bacteria by about...
27 kwi 2020 · The handshake has always been the perfect medium for transmitting an infectious disease—a direct flesh-to-flesh transaction of whatever germs we’ve picked up since our last thorough scrubbing. An @OSUWexMed expert shares why we should think twice before doing so.
