Hand washing | hygiene | Britannica (original) (raw)

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hand sanitizers

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  In hand sanitizer
  …water are not available for hand washing or when repeated hand washing compromises the natural skin barrier (e.g., causing scaling or fissures to develop in the skin).2,3,4 Although the effectiveness of hand sanitizer is variable, it is employed as a simple means of infection control in a wide variety of…
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role of Semmelweis

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  In Ignaz Semmelweis
  He ordered the students to wash their hands in a solution of chlorinated lime before each examination.
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significance in antibiotic resistance

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  In antibiotic resistance: Prevention and drug development
  …spread of antibiotic resistance is hand washing. The importance of hand washing was first realized in the 1840s by German-Hungarian physician Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis. Today, hand washing among medical personnel still is not as routine and thorough as it should be. In the early 2000s American critical-care physician Peter Pronovost…
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