Many factors may influence the level of compliance with hand hygiene recommendations by
healthcare workers. Lack of products and facilities as well as their inappropriate and non …

Decades of alcohol research have established the health risks and pharmacodynamic
profile of oral alcohol consumption. Despite isolated periods of public health concern …

Cold physical plasmas ignited a technological spark in industry, biotechnology, and
medicine. Especially the field of hygiene benefited of the plasma's exceptional activity …

Background The approval of ethanol by the Biocidal Products Regulation has been under
evaluation since 2007. This follows concern over alcohol uptake from ethanol-based hand …

This study assessed the inhaled dose of alcohol during hand disinfection. Experiments were
conducted with two types of hand rub using two hand disinfection procedures. Air samples …

The literature on hand washing, while extensive, often contains conflicting data, and key
variables are only superficially studied or not studied at all. Some hand washing …

During the past decades, encouraging progress has been made in the prevention of surgical
site infections (SSI). However, as SSI still occur today, strategic prevention measures such …

Background The importance of ethanol-based hand rubs (EBHRs) to prevent health care-
associated infections is undisputed. However, there is a lack of meaningful data regarding …

Medizinische Einrichtungen wie Krankenhäuser, Einrichtungen für ambulantes Operieren,
Geburtshäuser/Entbindungseinrichtungen, Vorsorge-und Rehabilitationseinrichtungen …

Background Surgical hand rub and healthy skin are basic requirements to prevent surgical
site infections. Nevertheless, there is little knowledge about the current practice of skin …