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

France

• Role of hand hygiene and alcohol hand rubs for the prevention of transmission of infections (Scientific Opinion of the French Society for Hospital Hygiene, Ministry of Health, 2011)
  Place de l’hygiène des mains et des produits hydro-alcooliques dans la prévention de la transmission des infections

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

Poland

• WHO Guidelines on hand hygiene in health care (Polish translation of the WHO guidelines, 2009)
  Wytyczne WHO dotyczące higieny rąk wopiece zdrowotnej – podsumowanie

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