Hand hygiene : a handbook for medical professionals

Content: The Burden of Healthcare-Associated Infection / Benedetta Allegranzi, Sepideh Bagheri Nejad, Didier Pittet --
Historical Perspectives / Andrew J Stewardson, Didier Pittet --
Flora and Physiology of Normal Skin / Gürkan Kaya, Didier Pittet --
Dynamics of Hand Transmission / Andrew J Stewardson, Benedetta Allegranzi, Didier Pittet --
Mathematical Models of Handborne Transmission of Nosocomial Pathogens / Ben S Cooper, Nantasit Luangasanatip --
Methodological Issues in Hand Hygiene Science / Matthew Samore, Stephan Harbarth --
Statistical Issues: How to Overcome the Complexity of Data Analysis in Hand Hygiene Research? / Angèle Gayet-Ageron, Eli Perencevich --
Hand Hygiene Agents / Pascal Bonnabry, Andreas Voss --
Methods to Evaluate the Antimicrobial Efficacy of Hand Hygiene Agents / Manfred L Rotter, Syed A Sattar, Miranda Suchomel --
Hand Hygiene Technique / Marie-Noëlle Chraïti, Andreas F Widmer --
Compliance with Hand Hygiene Best Practices / Benedetta Allegranzi, Andrew J Stewardson, Didier Pittet --
Barriers to Compliance / John M Boyce, Benedetta Allegranzi, Didier Pittet --
Physicians and Hand Hygiene / Benedetta Allegranzi, Andrew J Stewardson, Didier Pittet --
Surgical Hand Preparation / Andreas F Widmer, Joseph Solomkin --
Skin Reaction to Hand Hygiene / Elaine Larson --
Alcohol-Based Handrub Safety / John M Boyce, M Lindsay Grayson --
Rinse, Gel, Foam, Soap & Selecting an Agent / Andreas Voss --
Behavior and Hand Hygiene / Mary-Louise McLaws, Hugo Sax --
Hand Hygiene Promotion Strategies / Benedetta Allegranzi, Didier Pittet --
My Five Moments for Hand Hygiene / Hugo Sax, Benedetta Allegranzi, Didier Pittet --
System Change / Benedetta Allegranzi, Andreas Voss, Didier Pittet --
Education of Healthcare Professionals / Elaine Larson, Marie-Noëlle Chraïti, Wing-Hong Seto --
Glove Use and Hand Hygiene / Marie-Noëlle Chraïti, Benedetta Allegranzi, Elaine Larson --
Monitoring Hand Hygiene Performance / Hugo Sax, John M Boyce --
Performance Feedback / Andrew J Stewardson, Hugo Sax --
Marketing Hand Hygiene / Julie Storr, Hugo Sax --
Human Factors Design / Lauren Clack, Hugo Sax --
Institutional Safety Climate / Enrique Castro-Sánchez, Alison Holmes, Didier Pittet --
Personal Accountability for Hand Hygiene / Robert M Wachter, Peter Pronovost --
Patient Participation and Empowerment / Yves Longtin, Susan E Sheridan, Maryanne McGuckin --
Religion and Hand Hygiene / Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq, Ziad A Memish --
Hand Hygiene Promotion from the US Perspective: Putting WHO and CDC Guidelines into Practice / Katherine Ellingson --
WHO Multimodal Promotion Strategy / Benedetta Allegranzi, Didier Pittet --
Monitoring Your Institution (Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework) / Benedetta Allegranzi, Andrew J Stewardson, Didier Pittet --
National Hand Hygiene Campaigns / Claire Kilpatrick, Julie Storr --
Hand Hygiene Campaigning: From One Hospital to the Entire Country / Philip L Russo, M Lindsay Grayson --
Improving Hand Hygiene through Joint Commission Accreditation and the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare / Mark R Chassin, Barbara I Braun, Anne Marie Benedicto --
A Worldwide WHO Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Campaign / Claire Kilpatrick, Julie Storr, Benedetta Allegranzi --
The Economic Impact of Improved Hand Hygiene / Nicholas Graves --
Hand Hygiene: Key Principles for the Manager / Eleanor Murray, Alison Holmes, Didier Pittet --
Effect of Hand Hygiene on Infection Rates / Benedetta Allegranzi, Stephan Harbarth, Didier Pittet --
Hand Hygiene in Specific Patient Populations and Situations: Critically Ill Patients / Caroline Landelle, Jean-Christophe Lucet, Didier Pittet --
Hand Hygiene in Specific Patient Populations and Situations: Neonates and Pediatrics / Walter Zingg, Hanan H Balkhy --
Hand Hygiene in Long-Term Care Facilities and Home Care / Maria Luisa Moro, Marie-Noëlle Chraïti, Benedetta Allegranzi --
Hand Hygiene in Ambulatory Care / Marie-Noëlle Chraïti, Sepideh Bagheri Nejad, Benedetta Allegranzi --
Hand Hygiene in Hemodialysis / Marie-Noëlle Chraïti, Sepideh Bagheri Nejad, Benedetta Allegranzi --
Hand Hygiene in Specific Patient Populations and Situations: Anesthesiology / François Stéphan --
Hand Hygiene in Resource-Poor Settings / Nizam Damani, Shaheen Mehtar, Benedetta Allegranzi --
Role of Hand Hygiene in MRSA Control / Stephan Harbarth --
Role of Hand Hygiene in Clostridium difficile Control / John M Boyce, Walter Zingg --
Role of Hand Hygiene in Respiratory Diseases Including Influenza / Wing Hong Seto, Benjamin J Cowling --
Handborne Spread of Noroviruses and its Interruption / Syed A Sattar, Yves Longtin --
Conducting a Literature Review on Hand Hygiene / Daniela Pires, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Didier Pittet --
Appendix --
Index.