Hand hygiene

AGENCIES

World Health Organization (WHO)

• WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care (2009)

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings. Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force (2002)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)

• Suggestions for infection and control of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae are part of the guidelines on multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (ESCMID, 2013)
  ESCMID guidelines for the management of the infection control measures to reduce transmission of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in hospitalized patients

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) / Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) / Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)

• SHEA/IDSA/APIC Practice Recommendation: Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene: 2022 Update 

EU/EEA COUNTRIES

Belgium

• Recommendations for hand hygiene in health care (Hoge Gezondheidsraad/ Conseil Supérieur de la Santé, 2009)
  Aanbevelingen inzake handhygiëne tijdens de zorgverlening
  Recommandations en matière d’hygiène des mains durant les soins

Bulgaria

• How to dry your hands after washing - guidelines for hospital staff (Bulgarian Association for Prevention and Infection Control, 2006)
  Подсушаване ръцете на персонала след измиване

Germany

• Hand hygiene. Communication from the Commission for hospital hygiene and infection prevention (Robert Koch Institute, 2000)
  Händehygiene. Mitteilung der Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene und Infektionsprävention am Robert Koch-Institut

Hungary

• Technical note on hand hygiene practices (Ministry of Health, 2010)
  OEK Epinfo 2010. 2. különszám. Módszertani levél. A kézhigiéne gyakorlata az egészségügyi ésaz ápolást végző szociális szolgáltatásokban (Országos Epidemiológiai Központ, 2010) 

Ireland

• Recommendations for hand hygiene in Irish health care settings (The Strategy for the Control of Antimicrobial Resistance in Ireland, 2005)Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Irish Health Care Settings

Netherlands

• National guidelines on hand hygiene (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, 2012)
  Handhygiëne medewerkers

Norway

• Hand hygiene guidelines (Norwegian Institute of Public Health, 2017)
  Håndhygieneveilederen
• Hand hygiene in healthcare (Norwegian Institute of Public Health, 2017)
  Håndhygiene i helsetjenesten

Portugal

• Good Practice Guidance for Hand Hygiene in Health Units (Ministry of Health, 2010)
  Circular Normativa nº 13/DQS/DSD de 14/06/2010: Orientação de Boa Prática para a Higiene das Mãos

Slovenia

• Hand hygiene (Ministry of Health, 2010)
  Higiena rok

COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE EU/EEA

United Kingdom

• National evidence-based guidelines for preventing healthcare-associated infections in National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in England, including hand hygiene (Department of Health, 2014)
  epic3: National Evidence-Based Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections in NHS Hospitals in England