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Descriptor English: Hand Hygiene
Descriptor Spanish: Higiene de las Manos
Descriptor higiene de manos
Scope note: Prácticas implicadas en la prevención de la transmisión de enfermedades por las manos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Higiene das Mãos
Descriptor French: Hygiène des mains
Entry term(s): Hygiene, Hand
Tree number(s): E02.547.300
N06.850.670.150
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D063373
Scope note: Practices involved in preventing the transmission of diseases by hand.
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Hand Disinfection (1981-2012)
Public MeSH Note: 2013
History Note: 2013
DeCS ID: 55164
Unique ID: D063373
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2013/01/01
Date of Entry: 2012/07/03
Revision Date: 2015/11/24
Hand Hygiene - Preferred
Concept UI M0572570
Scope note Practices involved in preventing the transmission of diseases by hand.
Preferred term Hand Hygiene
Entry term(s) Hygiene, Hand



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