Hand Hygiene

In this book, Professor Didier Pittet, the world's pre-eminent scholar and clinician on hand hygiene, and his colleagues offer the first comprehensive, single-source overview of best practice in hand hygiene for infection control and disease prevention. This book:

• Fully integrates World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines and policies
• Offers a global perspective in tackling hand hygiene issues in both developed and developing countries
• Includes coverage of basic and highly complex clinical applications of hand hygiene practices
• Considers novel and unusual aspects and issues in hand hygiene such as religious and cultural aspect and patient participation
• Offers guidance at the individual and institutional and organizational levels for national and worldwide and hygiene promotion campaigns

This book is relevant for infection control preventionists, infection control nurses, infectious disease specialists, patient safety experts, hospital epidemiologists, healthcare staff, hospital administrators, and public health departments throughout the world.