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Importance of hand germ contamination in health-care workers as possible carriers of nosocomial infections Importância da contaminação das mãos por germes, em trabalhadores da saúde, como possíveis transmissores de infecções hospitalares

The importance of hands in the transmission of nosocomial infection has been world wide admitted. However, it is difficult to induce this behavior in health-care workers. The aim of the present work was to point out the importance of hand bacteria colonization, the influence of hand washing and of p...

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Main Authors: Mónica NOGUERAS, Nicolás MARINSALTA, Mauricio ROUSSELL, Rodolfo NOTARIO
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2001-06-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Hand washing
Hospital infection
Colonization
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652001000300006
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