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... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Hygiene > Hand Hygiene > Hand Disinfection
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Therapeutics > Hygiene > Hand Hygiene > Hand Disinfection

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Hand Disinfection  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Disinfection, Hand

Scope note

  • The act of cleansing the hands with water or other liquid, with or without the inclusion of soap or other detergent, for the purpose of destroying infectious microorganisms.

History note

  • 2013 (1982)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006235

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