HAND WASHING REFERENCES

American Society for Microbiology www.asm.org , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov, American Society for Microbiology Clean Hands Campaign www.washup.org, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Food and Drug Administration www.fda.gov, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology  www.apic.org .

Bartholomew, Anita, Are Your Kids Making You Sick?, The germ detective solves a household mystery. Reader�s Digest, May, 2000, 130-136.

Bylinsky, G.  (1994). Killer microbes,. Fortune, September 5, 74-82.

Condor, Bob, Dirt There's reason to dig it!, Chicago Tribune Health & Family, Sunday, April 22, 2001, Section 13.

Davenport, RNC, MSN Susan, Frequency of Hand Washing by Registered Nurses Caring for Infants or Radiant Warmers and in Incubators, Neonatal Network, 11 (1) February 1992, 21-24.

Day, R., Arnaud, S., Monsma, M., Effectiveness of a Handwashing Program, Clinical Nursing Research, Vol 2 No. 1, February 1993 24-40.

Focus on Hospital Infections, HIP Collaborative project reduces VRE rate in Siouxland District, CDC/NCID, Volume 9/Number1/January-February 2000.

Gernard, Steve, Hand-Transmitted Infection, HerpMed, 1996.

Hammond, Brian, Ali, PhD, Yusuf,  Fendler, PhD, Dolan, Michael, Donovan, RN, MSN, Sandra, Effect of hand sanitizer use on elementary school absenteeism, GOJO Industries, � 2000 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.

Hand Washing, Utah Department of Health Bureau of Epidemiology, May 1996.

Larson, E., Hygiene of the Skin:  When Is Clean Too Clean?  CDC, Current Issue, Vol. 7, No. 2, Mar.-Apr 2001.

Larson, E.  (1988).  A causal link between handwashing and risk of infection?  Examination of the evidence.  Infection Control Hospital Epidemiology, 9(1), 28-26.

Larson, E., McGinley, K., Foglia, A., Leyden, J., Boland, N., Larson, J., Altobelli, L., Salazar-Lindo, E.  (1992).   Handwashing practices and resistance and density of bacterial hand flora on two pediatric units in Lima, Peru.  American Journal of Infection Control, 20(2), 65-72.

Master, MD, Deanna, Hess-Longe, MD, Susan, & Dickson, MD, Heather, Scheduled Hand Washing in an Elementary School Population, Family Medicine, 29(5): 336-339.

Moukaddem, V.  (1990).   Preventing Infectious Diseases in Your Child Care Setting, National Association for the Education of Young Children, 45(2), 28-29.

Niffenegger, PhD, Joann, Proper Handwashing Promotes Wellness in Child Care, �1997 by the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners.

Pritchard, V., & Hathaway, C. Patient handwashing practice.  Journal of Infection Control Nursing, 84 (36), 1988, 68-72.

Williams, E., & Buckles, A., A lack of motivation.  Journal of Infection Control Nursing, 84 (22), 1988, 62-64. Rook, G., Educating the Immune System, Science & Medicine, Volume 6 (4)  54-63, July/August 1999.

Preliminary Food Net Data on the Incidence of Foodborne Illnesses-Selected Sites, United States, 2000.  CDC, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2001; 50:241-246.

NNIS Report, National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System Report, Data Summary from January 1990-May1999, Issued June 1999.

Williams, III, Gurney, Your Mother Was Right, In an age when antibiotics don�t kill germs very well, soap does, Discover Magazine, December, 1999,  37-38.

Preidt, Robert, A Germ of an Idea, www.healthscout.com, January 2001.

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