Hand Hygiene

"Hand Hygiene" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Practices involved in preventing the transmission of diseases by hand.

Descriptor ID	D063373
MeSH Number(s)	N06.850.780.200.412
Concept/Terms	Hand Hygiene Hand Hygiene Hygiene, Hand

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Hand Hygiene".

Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Public Health Practice [N06.850.780]
Communicable Disease Control [N06.850.780.200]
Hand Hygiene [N06.850.780.200.412]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Hand Hygiene".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Hand Hygiene".

Hand Hygiene
Hand Disinfection

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