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Hand hygiene is one of the most important ways of breaking the chain of infection. The guides below give a wider view of infection prevention and control and the chain of infection, and in particular handwashing.
Read the illustrated guides to handwashing and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) on ClinicalSkills.net here:
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This is the NHS handwashing video, which is a useful resource to staff and patients alike:
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Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing procedure (9th Edition): Hand Washing- Page xci-xciv
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Next review: August 2023
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