Hand Hygiene MeSH Descriptor Data 2024

MeSH Heading: Hand Hygiene
Tree Number(s): E02.547.300; N06.850.670.150
Unique ID: D063373
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D063373
Scope Note: Practices involved in preventing the transmission of diseases by hand.
Previous Indexing: Hand Disinfection (1981-2012)
Public MeSH Note: 2013
History Note: 2013
Date Established: 2013/01/01
Date of Entry: 2012/07/03
Revision Date: 2015/11/24

Allowable Qualifiers: economics (EC)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

methods (MT)

organization & administration (OG)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

Therapeutics [E02]
- Hygiene [E02.547]

Environment and Public Health [N06]
- Public Health [N06.850]
  - Hygiene [N06.850.670]
    - Hand Hygiene [N06.850.670.150]
      - Hand Disinfection [N06.850.670.150.500]
    - Military Hygiene [N06.850.670.300]

Hand Hygiene Preferred

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