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Key References

Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. “Guideline for Hand Hygiene in health-care settings: Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force”, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2002; 51 (No. RR-16): [21-24]

Pittet, D., Hugonnet, S., Harbarth, S., Mourouga, P., Sauvan, V., Touveneau, S. “Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene”, The Lancet, 2000; 356: 1307-1312

Pittet, D. “Improving adherence to Hand Hygiene practice: A multidisciplinary approach”, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2001;7, no.2: 234-240

Rotter, M. “Hand washing and hand disinfection”, Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, 2e, 1999; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia

Spelman, D.W. “Sound infection control practice and prudent antibiotic use will reduce antimicrobial-resistant organisms and hospital-acquired infections”, The Medical Journal of Australia, 2002; 176: 286-291


Other Important Literature

Boyce, JM. ‘It is time for action: Improving Hand Hygiene in hospitals”, Ann Intern Med, 1999; 130: 153-155.

Bryce, EA., Spence, D., Roberts, F. “An in-use evaluation of an alcohol-based pre-surgical hand disinfectant”, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 2001; 22: 635-639

Dharan, S., Hugonnet, S., Saz, H., Pittet, D. “Comparison of waterless hand antisepsis agents at short application time: raising the flag of concern”, Infect Control & Hospital Epid, 2003 Mar; 24(3): 160-4

Kramer, A., Rudolph, P., Pittet, D. “Limited efficacy of alcohol-based hand gels”, Lancet, 2002 Apr 27; 359(9316): 1489-90

Lankford, MG., Zembower, TR., Trick, WE., Hacek, MD., Noskin, GA., Peterson, LR. “Influence of role models and hospital design on the hand hygiene of health-care workers”, Emerg Infect Dis, [serial online] 2003 Feb; 8,
Available: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol9no2/02-0249.htm (Accessed: 2003, September 1)

Larson, E. “APIC Guideline for handwashing and hand antisepsis in health care settings”, American Journal of Infection Control, 1995; 23(4): 251-269

Larson, E. “Skin hygiene and infection prevention: more of the same or different approaches?”, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1999; 29: 1287-1294

Larson, E. “Hygiene of the skin: when is clean too clean?”, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2001; 7(2): 225-230

Larson, E., Johnson, RW., Lusk, E. “Evaluating handwashing technique”, J Advanced Nursing, 1985; 10: 547-552

O’Boyle, CA., Henly, SJ., Larson, E. “Understanding adherence to hand hygiene recommendations: the theory of planned behavior”, Am J Infect Control, 2001; 29(6)

Pittet, D., Boyce. JM. “Hand hygiene and patient care: pursuing the Semmelweis legacy”, Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2001; April: 9-20

Pittet, D., Mourouga, P., Perneger, TV., members of the Infection Control Program. “Compliance with handwashing in a teaching hospital”, Ann Intern Med, 1999; 130: 126-130.

Widmer, A. “Replace hand washing with use of a waterless alcohol hand rub?”, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2000; 31: 136-143

Van de Mortal, T., Bourke, R., McLoughlin, J., Nonu, M., Reis, M. “Gender influences handwashing rates in the critical care unit”, Am J Infect Control, 2001; 29: 395-399

Voss, A., Widmer, A. “No time for handwashing? Handwashing versus alcoholic rub: can we afford 100% compliance?”, Infect Control Hosp Edidemiol, 1997; 18: 205-208


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