Hand hygiene

Agencies

Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC)

• A handbook of Infection Control for the Asian Healthcare Work (2022)

International Society For Infectious diseases (ISID)

• Guide to Infection Control in the Healthcare Setting: Hand Hygiene (2018)

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

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

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)

World Health Organization (WHO)

• Hand hygiene
• Hand hygiene in outpatient and home-based care and long-term care facilities: a guide to the application of the WHO multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy and the “My Five Moments For Hand Hygiene” approach (2012)
• Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network (PPHSN): Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines (2021)

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

Austria

• Hygienerichtlinien | MedUni Wien

Belgium

• Hoge Gezondheidsraad: Handhygiëne (2018)

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

Croatia

• Smjernice Za Higijenu Ruku U Zdravstvenim Ustanovama (2011)

Denmark

• Håndhygiejnee (2021)
• Værd At Vide om Håndhygiejne

Estonia

• Infektsioonikontrolli standardnõuded_(2022)
• Kätehügieen (2014)

Finland

• Käsihygieniaohjeet ammattilaisille - THL (2023)

France

• Hygiène des mains et soins : du choix du produit à son utilisation et à sa promotion (2018)
• Recommandations pour l’hygiène des mains (2009)

Germany

• RKI - Basishygiene - Hände­hygiene in Ein­rich­tungen des Gesund­heits­wesens (2016)
• Händehygiene in Einrichtungen des Gesundheitswesens (2016)

Hungary

• Módszertani levél a kézhigiéne gyakorlatáról az egészségügyi és az ápolást végző szociális szolgáltatásokban (2010)
• Módszertani levél a műtéti kézfertőtlenítés (sebészi bemosakodás) módszeréről (2025)

Iceland

• Sýkingavarnir innan heilbrigðisþjónustu | Ísland.is
• Handhreinsun fyrir skurðaðgerðir (2017)

Ireland

• Guidelines for hand hygiene in Irish healthcare settings (2015)
• Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Guideline (2025)

Latvia

• Roku apstrādes nozīme un metodika (2025)

Lithuania

• Rankų higienos vertinimas asmens sveikatos priežiūros įstaigose (2018) - Higienos institutas
• Rankų higiena asmens sveikatos priežiūros įstaigose (2018) - Higienos institutas

Netherlands

• Richtlijn - Handhygiëne & Persoonlijke hygiëne medewerker

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

• Norma da Direção-Geral da Saúde n.º 007/2019 - Higiene das Mãos nas Unidades de Saúde (2019)

Romania

• Ghiduri si protocoale – Institutul Național de Sănătate Publică

Slovenia

• Professional basis and guidelines for the control and prevention of healthcare-associated infections 2009
• 5 TRENUTKOV za higieno rok - plakat (MZRS, UKC LJ) Ivan Mori (2014)

Spain

• Seguridad del Paciente - Programa de higiene de manos del SNS
• Mejorar la adherencia a la higiene de las manos de los profesionales del SNS (2018)

Sweden

• Senaste version av SOSFS 2015:10 Socialstyrelsens föreskrifter om basal hygien i vård och omsorg - Socialstyrelsen (2015)
• Rena händer räddar liv

Ukraine

• ІНСТРУКЦІЯ з впровадження покращення гігієни рук в закладах охорони здоров’я та установах/закладах надання соціальних послуг/ соціального захисту населення (2021)

Countries outside the EU/EEA

Australia

• Government of New South Wales - The Clinical Excellence Commission: Infection Prevention and Control Practice Handbook (2020)

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