P122: Hand hygiene in Swedish health care – past and present work
| Autor: | O Aspevall |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) media_common.quotation_subject Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Drug resistance medicine.disease_cause Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infectious Diseases Medical microbiology Antibiotic resistance Hygiene Environmental health Poster Presentation Health care medicine Infection control Pharmacology (medical) business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control |
| ISSN: | 2047-2994 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/2047-2994-2-s1-p122 |
| Popis: | Hand hygiene (HH) is widely recognized as one of the most effective preventive measures against health care associated infections (HCAI). Alcoholic hand rub (AHR) has been used as standard HH method in Swedish HC for more than three decades. Infection control (IC) experts in Sweden regards this as one among several explanations for the low incidence of antibiotic resistant bacteria, e.g. MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus), in Swedish HC. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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