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The Burden of Healthcare-Associated Infection / Benedetta Allegranzi, Sepideh Bagheri Nejad, Didier Pittet -- Historical Perspectives / Andrew J Stewardson, Didier Pittet -- Flora and Physiology of Normal Skin / Gürkan Kaya, Didier Pittet -- Dynamics of Hand Transmission / Andrew J Stewardson, Benedetta Allegranzi, Didier Pittet -- Mathematical Models of Handborne Transmission of Nosocomial Pathogens / Ben S Cooper, Nantasit Luangasanatip -- Methodological Issues in Hand Hygiene Science / Matthew Samore, Stephan Harbarth -- Statistical Issues: How to Overcome the Complexity of Data Analysis in Hand Hygiene Research? / Angèle Gayet-Ageron, Eli Perencevich -- Hand Hygiene Agents / Pascal Bonnabry, Andreas Voss -- Methods to Evaluate the Antimicrobial Efficacy of Hand Hygiene Agents / Manfred L Rotter, Syed A Sattar, Miranda Suchomel -- Hand Hygiene Technique / Marie-Noëlle Chraïti, Andreas F Widmer -- Compliance with Hand Hygiene Best Practices / Benedetta Allegranzi, Andrew J Stewardson, Didier Pittet -- Barriers to Compliance / John M Boyce, Benedetta Allegranzi, Didier Pittet -- Physicians and Hand Hygiene / Benedetta Allegranzi, Andrew J Stewardson, Didier Pittet -- Surgical Hand Preparation / Andreas F Widmer, Joseph Solomkin -- Skin Reaction to Hand Hygiene / Elaine Larson -- Alcohol-Based Handrub Safety / John M Boyce, M Lindsay Grayson -- Rinse, Gel, Foam, Soap & Selecting an Agent / Andreas Voss -- Behavior and Hand Hygiene / Mary-Louise McLaws, Hugo Sax -- Hand Hygiene Promotion Strategies / Benedetta Allegranzi, Didier Pittet -- My Five Moments for Hand Hygiene / Hugo Sax, Benedetta Allegranzi, Didier Pittet -- System Change / Benedetta Allegranzi, Andreas Voss, Didier Pittet -- Education of Healthcare Professionals / Elaine Larson, Marie-Noëlle Chraïti, Wing-Hong Seto -- Glove Use and Hand Hygiene / Marie-Noëlle Chraïti, Benedetta Allegranzi, Elaine Larson -- Monitoring Hand Hygiene Performance / Hugo Sax, John M Boyce -- Performance Feedback / Andrew J Stewardson, Hugo Sax -- Marketing Hand Hygiene / Julie Storr, Hugo Sax -- Human Factors Design / Lauren Clack, Hugo Sax -- Institutional Safety Climate / Enrique Castro-Sánchez, Alison Holmes, Didier Pittet -- Personal Accountability for Hand Hygiene / Robert M Wachter, Peter Pronovost -- Patient Participation and Empowerment / Yves Longtin, Susan E Sheridan, Maryanne McGuckin -- Religion and Hand Hygiene / Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq, Ziad A Memish -- Hand Hygiene Promotion from the US Perspective: Putting WHO and CDC Guidelines into Practice / Katherine Ellingson -- WHO Multimodal Promotion Strategy / Benedetta Allegranzi, Didier Pittet -- Monitoring Your Institution (Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework) / Benedetta Allegranzi, Andrew J Stewardson, Didier Pittet -- National Hand Hygiene Campaigns / Claire Kilpatrick, Julie Storr -- Hand Hygiene Campaigning: From One Hospital to the Entire Country / Philip L Russo, M Lindsay Grayson -- Improving Hand Hygiene through Joint Commission Accreditation and the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare / Mark R Chassin, Barbara I Braun, Anne Marie Benedicto -- A Worldwide WHO Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Campaign / Claire Kilpatrick, Julie Storr, Benedetta Allegranzi -- The Economic Impact of Improved Hand Hygiene / Nicholas Graves -- Hand Hygiene: Key Principles for the Manager / Eleanor Murray, Alison Holmes, Didier Pittet -- Effect of Hand Hygiene on Infection Rates / Benedetta Allegranzi, Stephan Harbarth, Didier Pittet -- Hand Hygiene in Specific Patient Populations and Situations: Critically Ill Patients / Caroline Landelle, Jean-Christophe Lucet, Didier Pittet -- Hand Hygiene in Specific Patient Populations and Situations: Neonates and Pediatrics / Walter Zingg, Hanan H Balkhy -- Hand Hygiene in Long-Term Care Facilities and Home Care / Maria Luisa Moro, Marie-Noëlle Chraïti, Benedetta Allegranzi -- Hand Hygiene in Ambulatory Care / Marie-Noëlle Chraïti, Sepideh Bagheri Nejad, Benedetta Allegranzi -- Hand Hygiene in Hemodialysis / Marie-Noëlle Chraïti, Sepideh Bagheri Nejad, Benedetta Allegranzi -- Hand Hygiene in Specific Patient Populations and Situations: Anesthesiology / François Stéphan -- Hand Hygiene in Resource-Poor Settings / Nizam Damani, Shaheen Mehtar, Benedetta Allegranzi -- Role of Hand Hygiene in MRSA Control / Stephan Harbarth -- Role of Hand Hygiene in Clostridium difficile Control / John M Boyce, Walter Zingg -- Role of Hand Hygiene in Respiratory Diseases Including Influenza / Wing Hong Seto, Benjamin J Cowling -- Handborne Spread of Noroviruses and its Interruption / Syed A Sattar, Yves Longtin -- Conducting a Literature Review on Hand Hygiene / Daniela Pires, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Didier Pittet -- Appendix -- Index.