"Hand Hygiene" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Practices involved in preventing the transmission of diseases by hand.
| Descriptor ID |
D063373
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.547.300 N06.850.670.150
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Hand Hygiene".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Hand Hygiene".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hand Hygiene" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hand Hygiene" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 23 | 11 | 34 |
| 2018 | 20 | 5 | 25 |
| 2019 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 2020 | 28 | 32 | 60 |
| 2021 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
To return to the timeline, click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Hand Hygiene" by people in Profiles.
-
Current infection prevention and control strategies of COVID-19 in hospitals Turk J Med Sci. 2021 12 17; 51(SI-1):3215-3220.
-
Pediatric Household Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Coronavirus-2 Infection-Los Angeles County, December 2020 to February 2021. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 10 01; 40(10):e379-e381.
-
Transfer Rate of Enveloped and Nonenveloped Viruses between Fingerpads and Surfaces. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2021 10 28; 87(22):e0121521.
-
Efficacy of Removing Bacteria and Organic Dirt from Hands-A Study Based on Bioluminescence Measurements for Evaluation of Hand Hygiene When Cooking. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 08 21; 18(16).
-
Soap versus sanitiser for preventing the transmission of acute respiratory infections in the community: a systematic review with meta-analysis and dose-response analysis. BMJ Open. 2021 08 18; 11(8):e046175.
-
COVID-19 knowledge, attitude and frequent hand hygiene practices among taxi drivers and associated factors in urban areas of Ethiopia. PLoS One. 2021; 16(8):e0253452.
-
SARS-CoV-2 nosocomial infection acquired in a French university hospital during the 1st wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, a prospective study. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2021 08 05; 10(1):114.
-
Hand hygiene in health care: 20 years of ongoing advances and perspectives. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 08; 21(8):e209-e221.
-
The effect of hand hygiene audit in COVID intensive care units in a tertiary care hospital in South India. Am J Infect Control. 2021 10; 49(10):1247-1251.
-
A cross-sectional survey assessing the influence of theoretically informed behavioural factors on hand hygiene across seven countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health. 2021 07 21; 21(1):1432.