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1. Appendix Table B-1. RCTs of Masks (xls file)
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   April 09, 2020 - n=367): Received basic hand hygiene education and materials on how to approprietly use hand sanitizer … C: No mask or hand sanitizer (n=552): Received basic hand hygiene education only. … (n=349): Received basic hand hygiene education and materials on how to appropriately use hand sanitizer … C: No mask or hand sanitizer (n=370): Received basic hand hygiene education only. … HCWs Hand hygiene was recommended to all participants.

2. Masks-Surveillance-2-Appendix-Table-A-1 (xls file)
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   April 09, 2020 - n=367): Received basic hand hygiene education and materials on how to approprietly use hand sanitizer … C: No mask or hand sanitizer (n=552): Received basic hand hygiene education only. … (n=349): Received basic hand hygiene education and materials on how to appropriately use hand sanitizer … C: No mask or hand sanitizer (n=370): Received basic hand hygiene education only. … HCWs Hand hygiene was recommended to all participants.

3. Masks-Appendix-Table-B-1-Version-2 (xls file)
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   April 09, 2020 - n=367): Received basic hand hygiene education and materials on how to approprietly use hand sanitizer … C: No mask or hand sanitizer (n=552): Received basic hand hygiene education only. … (n=349): Received basic hand hygiene education and materials on how to appropriately use hand sanitizer … C: No mask or hand sanitizer (n=370): Received basic hand hygiene education only. … HCWs Hand hygiene was recommended to all participants.

4. Masks-Appendix-Table-B-1-Surveillance-Report (xls file)
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   April 09, 2020 - n=367): Received basic hand hygiene education and materials on how to approprietly use hand sanitizer … C: No mask or hand sanitizer (n=552): Received basic hand hygiene education only. … (n=349): Received basic hand hygiene education and materials on how to appropriately use hand sanitizer … C: No mask or hand sanitizer (n=370): Received basic hand hygiene education only. … HCWs Hand hygiene was recommended to all participants.

5. Germs and Hygiene | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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6. Disposition of Comments for Screening of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2010 - The authors state that the effectiveness of hand hygiene in preventing the spread of MRSA has been … most convincingly demonstrated in quasi-experimental observational studies...Would these hand hygiene … We have modified the language used to discuss the evidence for hand hygiene. … studies in which hand hygiene-promotion campaigns were associated with subsequent reductions in the … However one might have expected a higher frequency of hand hygiene during the intervention periods,

7. Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 in Community and Healthcare Settings (pdf file)
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   December 01, 2021 - Blinding of participants to the mask and other interventions (e.g., hand hygiene) was not possible. … Facemasks, hand hygiene, and influenza among young adults: a randomized intervention trial. … Facemasks and hand hygiene to prevent influenza transmission in households: a cluster randomized trial … Facemasks, hand hygiene, and influenza among young adults: a randomized intervention trial. … Facemasks and hand hygiene to prevent influenza transmission in households: a cluster randomized trial

8. Mrsa-Screening-2010 Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2010 - in quasiexperimental observational studies in which hand hygiene- promotion campaigns were associated … hygiene appears to be consistent, whether the use of soap and water or alcohol-based hand rubs is … While hand hygiene remains the cornerstone of MRSA transmission-control efforts, the continued spread … As has been noted, adherence to basic prevention measures, such as hand hygiene and the use of personal … Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene.

9. Rapid Evidence Product: Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 in Community and Healthcare Settings Version 2 (pdf file)
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   December 01, 2021 - Blinding of participants to the mask and other interventions (e.g., hand hygiene) was not possible. … Facemasks, hand hygiene, and influenza among young adults: a randomized intervention trial. … Facemasks and hand hygiene to prevent influenza transmission in households: a cluster randomized trial … Facemasks, hand hygiene, and influenza among young adults: a randomized intervention trial. … Facemasks and hand hygiene to prevent influenza transmission in households: a cluster randomized trial

10. Rapid Evidence Product: No-Touch Modalities for Disinfecting Patient Rooms in Acute Care Settings (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2022 - However, five of these studies did not report on compliance with alternative measures (hand hygiene, … While one study20 did monitor hand hygiene and fidelity of standard cleaning, CDI rates may have been … Unit-level hand hygiene compliance rates were assessed through an ongoing, anonymous auditing … program and unit-based staff; no major changes in the hand hygiene program occurred during the … Of note, many studies did not report compliance with “alternative measures” (hand hygiene, antimicrobial

11. ECRI_Penn EPC FINAL Environ Cleaning Protocol 08_21_14 CC[1] (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2014 - Additionally, significant advances in hand hygiene and other infection control protocols have emerged … address only routes of transmission that are not inherent to the environmental reservoir (e.g. caregiver hands … These may include study design, patient population, hospital characteristics, hand hygiene policies … OR "hospital hygiene" OR "infection control")/de ("cleaning method" OR "cleaning methods" OR "cleaning … cleanliness" OR "environmental decontamination" OR "environmental disinfection" OR "environmental hygiene

12. Dental Care for People With Sickle Cell Disease: A Rapid Response Literature Review (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2024 - hl=en&as_q=&as_epq=SCD&as_oq=dental+%22oral+care%22+%22oral+hygiene%22+periodontal+tooth+teeth&as_eq= … hl=en&as_q=&as_epq=SCD&as_oq=dental+%22oral+care%22+%22oral+hygiene%22+periodontal+tooth+teeth&as_eq= … hl=en&as_q=&as_epq=SCD&as_oq=dental+%22oral+care%22+%22oral+hygiene%22+periodontal+tooth+teeth&as_eq= … hl=en&as_q=&as_epq=SCD&as_oq=dental+%22oral+care%22+%22oral+hygiene%22+periodontal+tooth+teeth&as_eq= … in a community setting, but in a hospital dental department with a sickle cell haematology team on hand

13. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Interventions to Prevent Nonventilator Hospital-acquired Pneumonia (NV-HAP) for Inpatients (pdf file)
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    August 05, 2024 - after reviewing the available body of evidence.1 Many PSPs were proposed to prevent NV-HAP including hand … hygiene, oral care, early dysphagia management, and mobilization as a single intervention or in a … is assessed and included in the CMS Hospital-Specific Report.14 PSPs to prevent NV-HAP include hand … ventilators: • Systemic antibiotic prophylaxis • Infection transmission prevention measures (e.g., hand … hygiene, active surveillance testing, masking protocols for patients/healthcare personnel, adequate

14. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Prevention in Adults of Infection With Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2024 - Direct interventions include the universal standard precaution of regular hand hygiene (not addressed … This includes hand hygiene (removal of MDROs contaminating the hands of healthcare workers) and barrier-type … While the review covered both interventions (such as hand hygiene) and infections (such as VAP and … The Impact of Isolation Precautions on Hand Hygiene Frequency by Healthcare Workers. … Interventions to improve patient hand hygiene: a systematic review.

15. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 22 Environmental Cleaning for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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    August 10, 2015 - on hospital-onset HAIs compared to such issues as hand hygiene, device use, patient underlying illness … hygiene is the most important step in preventing HAIs and that failure to achieve good hand- hygiene … I believe that optimal environmental disinfection will be valuable even if optimal hand-hygiene has … This is NOT to suggest that hand-hygiene should not be optimized – but rather that both hand- hygiene … We have changed the sentence as follows: “Almost every KI emphasized that proper hand hygiene is the

16. Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2012 - Effectiveness of alcohol-based hand rubs for removal of Clostridium difficile spores from hands. … disinfection with alcohol based hand rubs on hand spore counts and transmission of spores through … It does not measure the impact of hand hygiene on CDI rates and therefore does not meet inclusion criteria … to use soap and water after caring for a patient with CDI in the alcohol hand hygiene product period … when using alcohol hand hygiene products may push C. difficile spores to surfaces of the hand less

17. FRN 40 - Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2013 - hygiene, or standard care precautions only) • MRSA acquisition rate • MRSA infection rate • … hygiene, or standard care precautions only) • MRSA acquisition rate • MRSA infection rate • … While hand hygiene remains the cornerstone of MRSA transmission-control efforts and use of contact … For example, hand hygiene would be a highly relevant comparator. … If there was 100 percent compliance among health care workers for hand hygiene, some of the need for

18. Health-Careassociated-Infections Executive (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2012 - Adherence: multiple measures 1 interrupted time series31 Adherence: hand hygiene 1 simple before-after14 … hygiene was found to be insufficient. … Effectiveness of a hand hygiene promotion strategy using alcohol-based handrub in 6 intensive care … Impact of a prevention strategy targeting hand hygiene and catheter care on the incidence of catheter-related … Strict hand hygiene and other practices shortened stays and cut costs and mortality in a pediatric

19. Emergency Medical Service/911 Workforce Infection Control and Prevention Issues | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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20. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    August 26, 2011 - hygiene in general—will be used to select relevant studies. … All HAIs: Hand hygiene Surgical site infection: • appropriate perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis … (CDC/HICPAC IA) • avoidance of femoral catheterization (2007 report) • decontaminate hands before … 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.