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According to many experts, humanity is well on its way to losing the effects of antibiotics. Without effective antibiotics, many infectious diseases will be deadly again in the future. From this point of view, the importance of preventing the transmission of infections and their pathogens must be constantly recalled. Hand hygiene is one of the most important measures in the fight against healthcare-associated infections. Hand hygiene is rapid (30 seconds) and efficient in preventing pathogen transmission. To increase healthcare workers’ hand hygiene compliance training and constant reminders of the correct hand hygiene techniques as well as the “5 moments for hand hygiene” are crucial.

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  • ECDC. Point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in European acute care hospitals. Surveillance report. Stockholm: European Centers of Disease Control; 2013.

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  1. Department of Hygiene and Infection Control, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Elisabeth Presterl, Magda Diab-El Schahawi, Luigi Segagni Lusignani & Helga Paula

  2. Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK

    Jacqui S. Reilly

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  1. Department of Hygiene and Infection Control, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Elisabeth Presterl

  2. Department of Hygiene and Infection Control, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Magda Diab-El Schahawi

  3. Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK

    Jacqui S. Reilly

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Presterl, E., Diab-El Schahawi, M., Lusignani, L.S., Paula, H., Reilly, J.S. (2019). Hand Hygiene. In: Presterl, E., Diab-El Schahawi, M., Reilly, J. (eds) Basic Microbiology and Infection Control for Midwives. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02026-2_3

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