Improving hand hygiene among healthcare workers (HCW) is currently the single most effective intervention to reduce the risk of hospital-acquired infections in
ABHRs contain alcohol in order to help kill germs on hands and have been safely used for more than 30 years in European hospitals. The percentage of alcohol
United States get an infection in hospitals and about 90
Q&A 101-1 Alcohol Based Hand Rubs (ABHR). Occupancy: Hospital Nursing Home
hand hygiene hospitals often introduce alcohol-based hand rubs for hand disinfection. Healthcare workers
Evidence suggests that alcohol-based hand rubs (ABHRs) eliminate micro- SA Health hospitals due to some concerns with safety. The alcohol content of ...
of studies have demonstrated the benefits of hand sanitizers in both community and hospital settings [5 10
According to hand hygiene guidelines when hands have no visible soil
Introduction of alcohol-based hand rubs has been shown to significant- ly improve compliance with hand hygiene among HCWs in some acute care hospitals and
Sir. I read with interest the review by Hansen and the PROHIBIT group on alcohol-based hand rub in European hospitals [1