Handwashing and hand disinfection

Reybrouck, Gerald

doi:10.1016/0195-6701(86)90100-3

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“…The major mode of infection transmission in hospitalacquired infections is thought to be through hand carrying of pathogens from staff to patient, and from patient to patient (Boyce and Pittet, 2002;Naikoba and Hayward, 2001), and a relationship between hand hygiene and reduced transmission of infections been reported (Reybrouck, 1986). Most antiseptic agents can damage the skin, leading to a change in microbial flora, and an increased shedding of the original protective bacterial flora of the hand leads to an increased risk of transmission of pathogenic microorganisms (Larson, 2001).…”

Section: Essential Oils As Antibacterial Agentsmentioning

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Pharmaceutical and therapeutic Potentials of essential oils and their individual volatile constituents: a review

Edris

2007

Phytotherapy Research

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Essential oils and their volatile constituents are used widely to prevent and treat human disease. The possible role and mode of action of these natural products is discussed with regard to the prevention and treatment of cancer, cardiovascular diseases including atherosclerosis and thrombosis, as well as their bioactivity as antibacterial, antiviral, antioxidants and antidiabetic agents. Their application as natural skin penetration enhancers for transdermal drug delivery and the therapeutic properties of essential oils in aroma and massage therapy will also be outlined.

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Section: Essential Oils As Antibacterial Agentsmentioning

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Pharmaceutical and therapeutic Potentials of essential oils and their individual volatile constituents: a review

Edris

2007

Phytotherapy Research

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688

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“…[2][3][4] However, healthcare personnel seldom wash their hands enough; average compliance is usually below 50%. 5,6 Furthermore, handwashing technique has been described as poor, duration of washing is often shorter than that recommended 2,5,7 and, although many attempts have been made to change behaviour, 7-9 they have not always been effective. 10,11 Most antiseptic agents can damage skin, leading to a change in microbial flora, an increase in bacterial shedding and thus an increased risk of transmission of micro-organisms.…”

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Effectiveness of hand-cleansing formulations containing tea tree oil assessed ex vivo on human skin and in vivo with volunteers using European standard EN 1499

Messager

Hammer

Carson

et al. 2005

Journal of Hospital Infection

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“…Other studies also have suggested that chlorhexidinebased hand-cleansing agents seem to have a limited immediate effect against methicillin-resistant S. aureus strains (15,17), despite their well-recognized persistence on the skin and their excellent activity against gram-positive bacteria (8,21,32).…”

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The effectiveness of alcohol gel and other hand-cleansing agents against important nosocomial pathogens

Hernandes¹,

Mello²,

Sant'Ana³

et al. 2004

Braz. J. Microbiol.

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We compared the effectiveness of alcohol gel with that of the traditional hand-cleansing agents in removing clinical strains of Acinetobacter baumannii, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Candida albicans from artificially contaminated hands. The fingertips of 6 volunteers were contaminated with approximately 10 6 of microbial cells, and then were washed with: plain liquid soap, alcohol gel, 70% ethyl alcohol (by weight), 10% povidone-iodine liquid soap (PVP-I), and 4% chlorhexidine gluconate detergent. The experiments were performed using a Latin square statistical design, with six 6 x 5 randomized blocks, and the results were estimated by ANOVA. The products reduced from 93.83% (plain liquid soap) to 100% (PVP-I) of the microbial population applied to the hands. In 4 of 6 test microorganisms analyzed, 10% PVP-I, alcohol gel, 70% ethyl alcohol, and 4% chlorhexidine had significantly higher removal rates than plain liquid soap (P < 0.05). The results confirm the effectiveness of alcohol gel for hand hygiene and suggest that 10% PVP-I, alcohol gel, 70% ethyl alcohol, and 4% chlorhexidine may be more effective than plain liquid soap for removing A. baumannii, E. coli, E. faecalis, and C. albicans strains from heavily contaminated hands.

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Handwashing and hand disinfection

Cited by 84 publications

References 56 publications

Pharmaceutical and therapeutic Potentials of essential oils and their individual volatile constituents: a review

Pharmaceutical and therapeutic Potentials of essential oils and their individual volatile constituents: a review

Effectiveness of hand-cleansing formulations containing tea tree oil assessed ex vivo on human skin and in vivo with volunteers using European standard EN 1499

The effectiveness of alcohol gel and other hand-cleansing agents against important nosocomial pathogens

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