GMS Hygiene and Infection Control (Sep 2024)
S2k-Guideline hand antisepsis and hand hygiene
- Kramer, Axel,
- Seifert, Julia,
- Abele-Horn, Marianne,
- Arvand, Mardjan,
- Biever, Paul,
- Blacky, Alexander,
- Buerke, Michael,
- Ciesek, Sandra,
- Chaberny, Iris,
- Deja, Maria,
- Engelhart, Steffen,
- Eschberger, Dieter,
- Gruber, Bernd,
- Hedtmann, Achim,
- Heider, Julia,
- Hoyme, Udo B.,
- Jäkel, Christian,
- Kalbe, Peter,
- Luckhaupt, Horst,
- Novotny, Alexander,
- Papan, Cihan,
- Piechota, Hansjürgen,
- Pitten, Frank-Albert,
- Reinecke, Veronika,
- Schilling, Dieter,
- Schulz-Schaeffer, Walter,
- Sunderdiek, Ulrich
Affiliations
- Kramer, Axel
- Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- Seifert, Julia
- German Trauma Society, Berlin, Germany
- Abele-Horn, Marianne
- Paul-Ehrlich-Society for Infection Therapy, Munich, Germany
- Arvand, Mardjan
- Robert Koch Institute, Department Infectious Diseases, Unit Hospital Hygiene, Infection Prevention and Control, Berlin, Germany
- Biever, Paul
- German Society for Internal Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Berlin, Germany
- Blacky, Alexander
- Austrian Society for Hospital Hygiene, Vienna, Austria
- Buerke, Michael
- German Cardiac Society, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Ciesek, Sandra
- Society of Virology, Aschaffenburg, Germany
- Chaberny, Iris
- German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology, Münster, Germany
- Deja, Maria
- German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, München, Germany
- Engelhart, Steffen
- Society of Hygiene, Environmental and Public Health Sciences, Freiburg, Germany
- Eschberger, Dieter
- Vienna Regional Office of the Austrian Workers' Compensation Insurance, Vienna, Austria
- Gruber, Bernd
- German Nursing Council, Berlin, Germany
- Hedtmann, Achim
- Professional Association of Orthopaedic and Trauma Specialists (BVOU), German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma, Berlin, Germany
- Heider, Julia
- German Society for Oral, Maxillofacial and Facial Surgery, Hofheim am Taunus, Germany
- Hoyme, Udo B.
- Working Group for Infections and Infectious Immunology in the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics, Freiburg, Germany
- Jäkel, Christian
- Dr. Jäkel, Medical Law, Pharmaceuticals Law, Medical Devices Law, Luebben, Germany
- Kalbe, Peter
- Professional Association of German Surgery, Berlin, Germany
- Luckhaupt, Horst
- German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Bonn, Germany
- Novotny, Alexander
- German Society for Surgery, Berlin, Germany
- Papan, Cihan
- German Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Berlin, Germany
- Piechota, Hansjürgen
- German Society for Urology, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Pitten, Frank-Albert
- German Society for Hospital Hygiene, Berlin, Germany
- Reinecke, Veronika
- German-speaking Interest Group of Experts for Infection Prevention and Consultants for Hospital Hygiene, Zurich, Switzerland
- Schilling, Dieter
- German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, Berlin, Germany
- Schulz-Schaeffer, Walter
- Department of Neuropathology, Medical Faculty of the Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany
- Sunderdiek, Ulrich
- German X-ray Society and German Society for Interventional Radiology and Minimally Invasive Therapy, Berlin. Germany
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3205/dgkh000497
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 19
p. Doc42
Abstract
The consensus-based guideline “hand antisepsis and hand hygiene” for Germany has the following sections: Prevention of nosocomial infections by hygienic hand antisepsis, prevention of surgical site infections by surgical hand antisepsis, infection prevention in the community by hand antisepsis in epidemic or pandemic situations, hand washing, selection of alcohol-based hand rubs and wash lotions, medical gloves and protective gloves, preconditions for hand hygiene, skin protection and skin care, quality assurance of the implementation of hand hygiene measures and legal aspects. The guideline was developed by the German Society for Hospital Hygiene in cooperation with 22 professional societies, 2 professional organizations, the German Care Council, the Federal Working Group for Self-Help of People with Disabilities and Chronic Illness and their Family Members, the General Accident Insurance Institution Austria and the German-speaking Interest Group of Infection Prevention Experts and Hospital Hygiene Consultants.
Keywords
- hand antisepsis
- hand disinfection
- hygienic hand antisepsis
- hygienic hand disinfection
- surgical hand antisepsis
- surgical hand disinfection
- hand wash
- alcohol-based hand rub requirements
- wash lotion requirements
- skin protection
- skin care
- adherence hand antisepsis
- adherence hand disinfection
- listing alcohol-based hand rubs
- liability
