Part 1 book “Hand hygiene - A handbook for medical professionals” has contents: The burden of healthcare - associated infection, historical perspectives, flora and physiology of normal skin, dynamics of hand transmission, methodological issues in hand hygiene science, hand hygiene agents, and other contents. | k Hand Hygiene k k k k Hospital Medicine: Current Concepts Scott A. Flanders and Sanjay Saint, Series Editors Hospitalist’s Guide to the Care of the Older Patient 1e Brent C. Williams, Preeti N. Malani, David H. Wesorick, Editors, 2013 Inpatient Anticoagulation Margaret C. Fang, Editor, 2011 Hospital Images: A Clinical Atlas Paul B. Aronowitz, Editor, 2012 Becoming a Consummate Clinician: What Every Student, House Officer, and Hospital Practitioner Needs to Know k Ary L. Goldberger and Zachary D. Goldberger, Editors, 2012 Perioperative Medicine: Medical Consultation and Co-Management Amir K. Jaffer and Paul J. Grant, Editors, 2012 Clinical Care Conundrums: Challenging Diagnoses in Hospital Medicine James C. Pile, Thomas E. Baudendistel, and Brian J. Harte, Editors, 2013 Inpatient Cardiovascular Medicine Brahmajee K. Nallamothu and Timir S. Baman, Editors 2013 Hospital-Based Palliative Medicine: A Practical, Evidence-Based Approach Steven Pantilat, Wendy Anderson, Matthew Gonzales and Eric Widera, Editors, 2015 k k k Hand Hygiene A Handbook for Medical Professionals Edited by Didier Pittet Infection Control Program and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland John M. Boyce Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Yale-New Haven Hospital, and Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA k Benedetta Allegranzi Infection Prevention and Control Global Unit, Department of Service Delivery and Safety, World Health Organization, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Series Editors Scott A. Flanders, MD, MHM Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH, FRCP k k k This edition first published 2017 ©2017 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc Registered office: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, UK Editorial offices: 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2DQ, UK The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, .
