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- Wash Your Hands (3 nominations)www.olemiss.edu
- http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/handposter-color.pdf (1 nomination)lancaster.unl.edu
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Research Notes on Handwashing
Hand washing is cleansing the hands with water and with or without the use of soap. The main purpose of washing hands is to cleanse the hands of bacteria or viruses which can cause personal harm or disease.
Fast Facts
- Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis first demonstrated that routine handwashing can prevent the spread of disease.
- It is recommended that you wash your hands for at least 15-20 seconds.
- Excessive hand washing is commonly seen as a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Latest Headlines on Handwashing
What is Handwashing?
- University at Waterloo Food Services: Hand Washing 101
- Food Safety Network: What is the importance of hand washing
- New Brunswick Department of Health: Wash Your Hands to Prevent Infection
- Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Clean Hands
What Are The Uses for Handwashing?
- Simcoehealth.org: Handwashing - Your Best Defence
- CNN: Hand Washing: a simple way to prevent infection
- Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics: Handwashing
- Mayo Clinic: Hand washing: An easy way to prevent infection
- CDC: Why is handwashing important?
What are the Alternatives to Handwashing?
- Journal Watch: Hand Rubbing with Alcohol Works Better Than Hand Washing with Soap
- PubMed Central: Replace hand washing with use of a waterless alcohol hand rub?
- About.com: Is Hand Sanitizer Better Than Hand Washing?
- Minnosota Department of Health: Cleaning Hands with Waterless Hand Sanitizer
- University of Florida: Hand Hygiene and Hand Sanitizers
Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Handwashing
- WordPress: Sanitizers-Handwashing
- District 299: Hand Washing, Baby Wipes, and Head Start
- HandWashingForLife: The Handwashing Leadership Forum
- Christian Chefs Forum: A "Safe Hands" Hand Wash Program
- iVillage: Hand Washing
- Expressive Parent: Tell your kids to wash their hands
- Medical News Today: MRSA Facts For Handwashing Week (Decemeber 5, 2007)
- MedicineNet.com: Hand Washing Is Best MRSA Weapon (November 7, 2007)
- ABC News: Hand Gels Alone May Not Curb Infections (January 30, 2008)
- ABC News: Simple handwashing can reduce diarrhea: studies (January 23, 2008)
Clinical Trials for Handwashing
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Clinical Trials on Handwashing
Controversy and Lawsuits about Handwashing
- Marler Clark: Lack of hand-washing leads to Salmonella outbreak
- W Coli Blog: E coli nursery outbreak blamed on failure to follow basic hygiene rules
- CBC News: Food handling and the risks of hepatitis A
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Handwashing
- PubMed Central: Medical Journal Articles on Handwashing
- JAMA: Medical Journal Articles on Handwashing
- Google Scholar: Medical Articles on Handwashing
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Nov. 20, 2009
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- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Washing Hands, Hand Washing, Proper Way To Wash Your Hands, Hand Sanitation, Hand Hygiene, Hand-Washing
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