Handwashing: prevention of nosocomial infections at a podiatry clinic

  • Victoria Candelario Poteleschenko Ingeniero técnico en Informática y estudiante de podología
  • Jose Luis Muñoz Sánchez Técnico especialista en laboratorio y diagnóstico clínico y estudiante de podología
  • Javier Navarro Marruedo Estudiante de podología
  • José María Blanco Rodriguez Profesor Titular de Universidad. Dr. por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Enfermero
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RICP.2013.v7.n1.41120
Keywords: wash hands, nosocomial infections, prevention, hygiene.

Abstract

The transfer of microorganisms via the hands of medical staff has been identified as the most important factor in the transmission of infections in hospitals or Health Clinics. Health ministers, technical experts and the World Health Organization (WHO) suggest some measures to combat hospital - acquired infections, also known as nosocomial infections. One of the main measures to avoid these infections is hand washing. For the importance of this topic an inquiry was conducted in a university clinic of podiatry, to identify knowledge of the people working there, or doing practices on prevention of these infections, and to determine the frequency with which they perform hand washing and if they performed correctly

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Published
2013-01-04
How to Cite
Candelario Poteleschenko V., Muñoz Sánchez J. L., Navarro Marruedo J. y Blanco Rodriguez J. M. (2013). Handwashing: prevention of nosocomial infections at a podiatry clinic. Revista Internacional de Ciencias Podológicas, 7(1), 49-55. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RICP.2013.v7.n1.41120
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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2013)
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