"Hand Hygiene" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Practices involved in preventing the transmission of diseases by hand.
| Descriptor ID |
D063373
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.547.300 N06.850.670.150
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Hand Hygiene".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hand Hygiene" by people in Profiles.
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Pediatric Household Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Coronavirus-2 Infection-Los Angeles County, December 2020 to February 2021. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 10 01; 40(10):e379-e381.
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Variability in hand hygiene practices among internal medicine interns. Am J Infect Control. 2013 Nov; 41(11):1107-8.