Tag - Hygiene

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Close to the patient: Hand hygiene at the point of care

The availability of hand disinfectants in the immediate vicinity of the patient has a positive influence on compliance. The five moments of hand hygiene are regarded as a milestone in infection prevention. This concept developed by the World Health...

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Are wearable dispensers necessary?

Portable dispensers had no effect on hand hygiene compliance, when used in hospitals with adequate dispenser equipment. A recently published Swiss study has found that portable dispensers do not improve observed hand hygiene compliance. These tiny...

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Interview with Dr. Andreas Glöckner

Dr. Andreas Glöckner has been employed by OPHARDT hygiene as Medical Director since August 2017. Thanks to more than 25 years of experience as a specialist for Internal Medicine and as an infection and intensive care specialist he knows all too well...

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Hand hygiene in intensive care units: Do we have problems?

Research results show problems in the implementation of guiding principles of hand disinfection. Nosocomial infections are a great challenge to health care systems worldwide. They occur comparatively frequently on intensive care units. In Germany...

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Airports – Why Infection prevention is important

New study points to importance of hand hygiene in air traffic. Each day, airports around the world see millions of passengers travelling to and from multiple countries. Whether they are travelling a long distance, or a short one, these passengers...