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Article: New hand hygiene era begins with alcohol rubs.
- Article from:
- Hospital Infection Control
- Article date:
- November 1, 2002
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New hand hygiene era begins with alcohol rubs
Poor compliance leads to new emphasis
Facing a miserable history of hand-washing compliance in an era of patient safety, infection control experts are dropping the traditional soap and sink approach to open a new age of alcohol-based, waterless hand rubs. In guidelines nearing finalization as this issue went to press, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officially will recommend the use of waterless alcohol products for most patient care encounters unless hands are visibly soiled.
The major goals of the new hand hygiene guideline that will be coming out soon is to make hand hygiene ...