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Hand hygiene saves lives

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Covers the importance of hand washing specifically in hospital environments, including for medical staff, patients, and visitors. Provides examples of how patients may tactfully request handwashing of others.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, CDC Foundation, Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Format:	Government Document Electronic Video
Language:	English
Published:	Atlanta, GA : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, [2010]
Subjects:	Hand washing -- Popular works. Hygiene -- Popular works. Medical personnel -- Health and hygiene -- Popular works. Cross infection -- Prevention -- Popular works. Medical personnel and patient -- Popular works.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo8088 - CDC-TV home page:

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Summary:	Covers the importance of hand washing specifically in hospital environments, including for medical staff, patients, and visitors. Provides examples of how patients may tactfully request handwashing of others.
Item Description:	Video files available in both streaming (5 min., 10 sec., SWF file, sd., col.) and downloadable (5 min., 10 sec., WMV and MP4 files, sd., col.) formats. Downloadable WMV files available in small, medium, and high resolutions; downloadable MP4 file available in medium resolution. Closed-captioned; open-captioned version available as downloadable MP4 file only. Title from title screen. "Source: National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion"--Video home page. "Brought to you by: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in collaboration with: the Association for Professionals in Infection Control & Epidemiology, Safe Care Campaign, with support from the CDC Foundation and Kimberly-Clark"--Final credits screens. "Release date: 08/04/2010"--Video home page. Also issued in Spanish by title: La higiene de las manos salva vidas. Accompanied by transcript in PDF format. GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
System Details:	System requirements: Adobe Flash Player for streaming files; multimedia software player such as Windows Media Player or RealPlayer for downloadable files. Mode of access: Internet via the CDC-TV web site.
Format:	System requirements: Adobe Flash Player for streaming files; multimedia software player such as Windows Media Player or RealPlayer for downloadable files. Mode of access: Internet via the CDC-TV web site.