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Efficacy and effectiveness of hand hygiene-related practices used community settings for removal of organisms from hands: A systematic review

2025-03-13

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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Background</h4> This systematic review collected and synthesized evidence on the efficacy and effectiveness of commonly used hand hygiene methods for removing or inactivating pathogens on hands in community settings. The evidence was generated to support the development of the WHO Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Community Settings. <h4>Methods</h4> We searched PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, C...

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Infection Control in Healthcare

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Literature Corpus work: cb9aab48-132e-598e-aa25-198184a0b1bf
DOI: 10.1101/2025.03.12.25323775

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