BACKGROUND: In October 2004, The World Health Organization (WHO) launched the
World Alliance for Patient Safety. Within the alliance, the first priority of the Global Patient …

Background: The skin flora responsible for most surgical site infections (SSIs) include
Staphylococcus aureus, coagulase-negative staphylococci, Propionibacterium acnes, gram …

The WHO Advanced Draft Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care provide healthcare
workers (HCWs), hospital administrators and health authorities with a thorough review of …

Background. We investigated the possible association between fluoroquinolone use and the
rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) recovery from consecutive …

The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of surgical hand rubbing (SHR) with the
efficacy of surgical hand scrubbing (SHS), and to determine the costs of both techniques for …

Background Recently, a propanol-based hand rub has been described to exceed the
efficacy requirements of the European standard EN 12791 in only 1.5 min significantly. But …

Aim. This paper reports a systematic review whose objective was to determine the
effectiveness of surgical hand scrubs in relation to bacterial growth on the hands of …

Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings Volume 19, Number 1 74 that pertains to
medicine, consider the virtues of taciturnity. Look out. Speak only when you have something …

Objective: To review the evidence regarding antisepsis and decolonization of the skin of the
patient and surgeon for the prevention of surgical site infection (SSI). Data Sources: General …

In the current era of pay-for-performance standards, the incidence of surgical site infections
is increasingly becoming an institutional marker of quality assurance. Surgical site infections …