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2. Hand washing - Wikipedia

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   Hand washing. Hand washing (or handwashing), also known as hand hygiene, is the act of cleaning one's hands with soap or handwash and water to remove viruses / bacteria / microorganisms, dirt, grease, and other harmful or unwanted substances stuck to the hands. Drying of the washed hands is part of the process as wet and moist hands are more ...

3. Ignaz Semmelweis - Wikipedia

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   Ignaz Semmelweis was born on 1 July 1818 in the Tabán neighbourhood of Buda, Kingdom of Hungary, [5][A] Austrian Empire. He was the fifth child out of 10 of the prosperous grocer family of József Semmelweis and Teréz Müller. Of German ancestry, his father was an ethnic German born in Kismarton, in the Kingdom of Hungary (now Eisenstadt ...

4. Ayliffe technique - Wikipedia

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   The six steps of the technique are as follows: Palm to palm. Palm of left hand to the back of the right hand and vice versa. Palm to palm with fingers interlocked. Backs of fingers to the opposing palm. Rotational rubbing of each thumb clasped in the opposing palm. Rotational rubbing backwards and forwards with clasped fingers of one hand in ...

5. Hygiene - Wikipedia

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   Washing one's hands, [1] a form of hygiene, is the most effective way to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Hygiene is a set of practices performed to preserve health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Hygiene refers to conditions and practices that help to maintain health and prevent the spread of diseases." [2]

6. Whooping cough cases are on the rise. Here's what you ... - AOL

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   Preventing transmission of whooping cough starts with proper hygiene such as thorough hand washing and keeping fingers and hands away from one's mouth and nose. Avoiding close proximity with ...

7. Asepsis - Wikipedia

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   Asepsis. Asepsis is the state of being free from disease-causing micro-organisms (such as pathogenic bacteria, viruses, pathogenic fungi, and parasites). [1] There are two categories of asepsis: medical and surgical. [1] The modern day notion of asepsis is derived from the older antiseptic techniques, a shift initiated by different individuals ...