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Descriptor English: Hand Disinfection
Descriptor Spanish: Desinfección de las Manos
Descriptor desinfección de las manos
Entry term(s) lavado de manos
Scope note: Acto de limpiarse las manos con agua u otro líquido con o sin inclusión de jabón u otro detergente, con el fin de destruir los microorganismos infecciosos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Desinfecção das Mãos
Descriptor French: Désinfection des mains
Entry term(s): Disinfection, Hand
Hand Sanitization
Hand Washing
Hand Washings
Handwashing
Sanitization, Hand
Scrubbing, Surgical
Surgical Scrubbing
Washing, Hand
Washings, Hand
Tree number(s): N06.850.670.150.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006235
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.
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
IS instrumentation
MT methods
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Cross Infection/prevention & control (1966-1981)
Disinfection (1975-1981)
Sterilization (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 2013; see HANDWASHING 1982-2012
History Note: 2013 (1982)
Entry Version: HAND DISINFECT
Related: Hand Sanitizers MeSH
DeCS ID: 28062
Unique ID: D006235
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1982/01/01
Date of Entry: 1981/03/02
Revision Date: 2015/11/24
Hand Disinfection - Preferred
Concept UI M0009791
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.
Preferred term Hand Disinfection
Entry term(s) Disinfection, Hand
Surgical Scrubbing - Narrower
Concept UI M0543886
Preferred term Surgical Scrubbing
Entry term(s) Scrubbing, Surgical
Hand Sanitization - Narrower
Concept UI M0544917
Preferred term Hand Sanitization
Entry term(s) Sanitization, Hand
Handwashing - Narrower
Concept UI M0009792
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 removing soil or microorganisms.
Preferred term Handwashing
Entry term(s) Hand Washing
Hand Washings
Washing, Hand
Washings, Hand



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