A large-scale investigation of alcohol-based handrub (ABHR) volume: hand coverage correlations utilizing an innovative quantitative evaluation system

Abstract Background Current hand hygiene guidelines do not provide recommendations on a specific volume for the clinical hand rubbing procedure. According to recent studies volume should be adjusted in order to achieve complete coverage. However, hand size is a parameter that highly influences the h...

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Main Authors: Constantinos Voniatis, Száva Bánsághi, Andrea Ferencz, Tamás Haidegger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-021-00917-8