The first comprehensive, authoritative review of one of the most fundamental and important issues in infection control and patient safety, hand hygiene. Developed and presented by the world's leading scholar-clinicians, Hand Hygiene is an essential resource for all medical professionals. * Developed and presented by the world leaders in this fundamental topic * Fully integrates World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines and policies * Offers a global perspective in tackling hand hygiene issues in developed and developing countries * Coverage of basic and highly complex clinical applications of hand hygiene practices * Includes novel and unusual aspects and issues in hand hygiene such as religious and cultural aspects and patient participation * Offers guidance at the individual, institutional, and organizational levels for national and worldwide hygiene promotion campaigns
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Preface Chapter 1. The burden of healthcare-associated infection B. Allegranzi, S. BagheriNejad and D. Pittet Chapter 2. Historical perspectives Andrew James Stewardson and Didier Pittet Chapter 3. Flora and physiology of normal skin Gurkan Kaya and Didier Pittet Chapter 4. Dynamics of hand transmission Andrew James Stewardson, Benedetta Allegranzi and Didier Pittet Chapter 5. Mathematical models of handborne transmission of nosocomial pathogens Ben S Cooper and Nantasit Luangasanatip Chapter 6. Methodological Issues In Hand Hygiene Science Matthew Samore and Stephan Harbarth Chapter 7. Statistical issues: how to overcome the complexity of data analysis in hand hygiene research? A. Gayet-Ageron and E. Perencevich Chapter 8. Hand hygiene agents Pascal Bonnabry and Andreas Voss Chapter 9. Methods to evaluate the antimicrobial efficacy of hand hygiene agents Rotter ML, Sattar SA, Suchomel M Chapter 10. Hand Hygiene Technique Marie-Noelle Chraiti and Andreas Widmer Chapter 11. Compliance with hand hygiene best practices B. Allegranzi, A. Stewardson and D. Pittet Chapter 12. Barriers to Compliance John M. Boyce, Benedetta Allegranzi and Didier Pittet Chapter 13. Physicians and Hand Hygiene B. Allegranzi, A. Stewardson, D. Pittet Chapter 14. Surgical hand preparation Andreas F. Widmer and Joseph Solomkin Chapter 15. Skin Reaction to Hand Hygiene Elaine Larson Chapter 16. Alcohol-Based Handrub Safety John M. Boyce and M. Lindsay Grayson Chapter 17. Rinse, gel, foam, soap selecting an agent Andreas Voss Chapter 18. Behavior and Hand Hygiene Mary-Louise McLaws and Hugo Sax Chapter 19. Hand hygiene promotion strategies B. Allegranzi and D. Pittet Chapter 20. My Five Moments for Hand Hygiene Hugo Sax, Benedetta Allegranzi and Didier Pittet Chapter 21. System change B. Allegranzi, A. Voss and D. Pittet Chapter 22. Education of Healthcare Professionals Elaine Larson, Marie-Noelle Chraiti and Wing-Hong Seto Chapter 23. Glove use and hand hygiene Marie-Noelle Chraiti, Benedetta Allegranzi and Elaine Larson Chapter 24. Monitoring hand hygiene performance Hugo Sax and John M. Boyce Chapter 25. Performance feedback Andrew James Stewardson and Hugo Sax Chapter 26. Marketing hand hygiene Julie Storr and Hugo Sax Chapter 27. Human Factors Design Lauren Clack and Hugo Sax Chapter 28. Institutional safety climate Enrique Castro-Sanchez, Alison Holmes and Didier Pittet Chapter 29. Personal Accountability for Hand Hygiene Robert M. Wachter and Peter Pronovost Chapter 30. Patient Participation and Empowerment Yves Longtin, Susan E Sheridan and Maryanne McGuckin Chapter 31. Religion and Hand Hygiene Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq and Ziad A. Memish Chapter 32. Hand Hygiene Promotion from the US Perspective: Putting WHO and CDC Guidelines into Practice Katherine Ellingson Chapter 33. WHO multimodal promotion strategy B. Allegranzi and D. Pittet Chapter 34. Monitoring your institution (Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework) B. Allegranzi, A. Stewardson and D. Pittet Chapter 35. National hand hygiene campaigns Claire Kilpatrick and Julie Storr Chapter 36. Hand hygiene campaigning: from one hospital to the entire country Philip L. Russo and M. Lindsay Grayson Chapter 37. Improving Hand Hygiene through Joint Commission Accreditation and the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare Mark R. Chassin, Barbara I. Braun and Anne Marie Benedicto Chapter 38. A Worldwide WHO hand hygiene in healthcare campaign Claire Kilpatrick, Julie Storr and Benedetta Allegranzi Chapter 39. The economic impact of improved hand hygiene Nicholas Graves Chapter 40. Hand Hygiene: key principles for the manager A. Holmes, D. Pittet and E. Castro-Sanchez Chapter 41. Effect of hand hygiene on infection rates B. Allegranzi, S. Harbarth and D. Pittet Chapter 42 A. Hand hygiene in specific patient populations and situations: critically ill patients Caroline Landelle, Jean-Christophe Lucet and Didier Pittet Chapter 42 B. Hand hygiene in specific patient populations and situations: neonates and pediatrics Walter Zingg and Hanan Balkhy Chapter 42 C. Hand Hygiene in Long-term care facilities and home care Maria Luisa Moro, Marie-Noelle Chraiti and Benedetta Allegranzi Chapter 42 D. Hand hygiene in ambulatory care MN. Chraiti, S. Bagheri Nejad and B. Allegranzi Chapter 42 E. Hand Hygiene in Hemodialysis Marie-Noelle Chraiti, Sepideh Bagheri Nejad and Benedetta Allegranzi Chapter 42 F. Hand Hygiene in Specific Patient Populations and Situations: Anesthesiology Pr Francois Stephan Chapter 43. Hand Hygiene In Resource-Poor Settings NizamDamani, Shaheen Mehtar and Benedetta Allegranzi Chapter 44 A. Role of Hand Hygiene in MRSA Control Stephan Harbarth Chapter 44 B. Role of Hand Hygiene in Clostridium difficile Control John M. Boyce and Walter Zingg Chapter 44 C. Role of Hand Hygiene in Respiratory Diseases including Influenza Wing Hong Seto and Benjamin J. Cowling Chapter 44 D. Handborne Spread Of Noroviruses and its Interruption Syed A. Sattar and Yves Longtin Chapter 45. Conducting a literature review on hand hygiene Daniela Pires, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues and Didier Pittet Index
