Methods With the Canacla, we wash our hands better than under the tap, while using 30 times less water. The Canacla revolutionizes an everyday gesture: washing hands is no longer a hidden act, done a few times a day, far away from other people: since the Canacla (an attractive and decorative object) is very accessible (because it’s placed in the busiest part of the house), “I’m going to wash my...

Hand hygiene is one of the basic components of any infection control program and is frequently considered synonymous with hand washing. However, health care workers frequently do not wash their hands, and compliance rarely exceeds 40%. Hand rubbing with a waterless, alcohol-based rub-in cleanser is commonly used in many European countries instead of hand washing. Scientific evidence and ease of...

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of physical interventions to reduce the spread of respiratory viruses. Design: Systematic review. Methods: The authors looked at studies of any interventions to prevent or reduce transmission of respiratory viruses and found 58 studies that met their criteria. Interventions included hand washing, hand disinfection, virucide-impregnated tissues, masks, glov...

BACKGROUND Aim of the study was to determine the effect of the regular use of a hand cream after washing hands on skin hydration and skin roughness. METHODS Twenty-five subjects washed hands and forearms with a neutral soap four times per day, for 2 minutes each time, for a total of two weeks. One part of them used a hand cream after each hand wash, the others did not (cross over design after...

BACKGROUND One of the best ways to prevent malaria is the use of insecticide-treated bed nets. Manufacturers pursue easier, safer and more efficient nets. Hence, many studies on the efficacy and wash resistance using World Health Organization standards have been reported. The commonly used detergent is "Savon de Marseille", because it closely resembles actually used soaps. At the 54(th) Collabo...

Fifty volunteers randomly assigned to one of five hand washing agents (10 subjects per agent)--a nonantiseptic liquid soap (control), an antiseptic hand rinse containing 60% isopropyl alcohol (IPA) with emollients (Alc A), an antiseptic hand rinse containing 70% IPA and 0.5% chlorhexidine gluconate with emollients (Alc B), an antiseptic containing 4% chlorhexidine gluconate and 4% IPA (CHG), an...

One-third of the annual 4 million neonatal deaths occurring worldwide are associated with infections [1,2]. In countries with high neonatal mortality (>45 per 1000 births), 50% of these deaths are attributed to infections [2]. India contributes to one-fifth of the total live births and 27% of global newborn mortality [3]. Essential maternal and newborn care interventions such as clean delivery,...

washing facilities were located near the lamb-petting area, and considerable effort was required to locate a handwashing basin in the wildlife center complex. Several alcohol hand sanitizers were located on site, but the microbicidal effects on Cryptosporidium spp. are insuffi cient to prevent infection, especially after direct contact with livestock (4,5). After publication of the outbreak rep...

BACKGROUND Frequent hand-washing is standard advice for avoidance of respiratory tract infections, but the evidence for a preventive effect in a general community setting is sparse. We therefore set out to quantify, in a population-based adult general population cohort, the possible protection against acute respiratory tract infections (ARIs) conferred by a person's self-perceived hand-washing ...