SEMMELWEIS SESQUICENTENNIAL - A LITTLE-NOTED ANNIVERSARY OF HANDWASHING

Authors
ROTTER ML
Citation
Ml. Rotter, SEMMELWEIS SESQUICENTENNIAL - A LITTLE-NOTED ANNIVERSARY OF HANDWASHING, Current opinion in infectious diseases, 11(4), 1998, pp. 457-460
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Current opinion in infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
09517375
Volume
11
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
457 - 460
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-7375(1998)11:4<457:SS-ALA>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
This review describes Semmelweis' achievement 150 years ago. User acce ptability of hand disinfectants has been improved, but Semmelweis' obs ervation that handwashing, in contrast to hygienic hand disinfection, is not always sufficiently effective, is not yet generally acknowledge d, and the compliance of medical personnel to the rules of hand hygien e still remains an educational problem to be solved. (C) 1998 Lippinco tt-Raven Publishers.