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Abbreviations
ABHS, alcohol-based hand sanitizer; AHHMS, automated hand-hygiene monitoring
system; APIC, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiolog y;
C. difficile, Clostridium difficile; CDC, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
EPA, US Environmental Protection Agency; FDA, US Food and Drug Administration;
HAI, healthcare-associated infections; HCP, healthcare personnel; HHO, hand hygiene
opportunities; IDSA, Infectious Diseases Society of America; ICU, intensive care unit;
WHO, World Health Organization
Source
Glowicz JB, Landon E, Sickbert-Bennett EE, et al. SHEA/IDSA/APIC Practice
Recommendation: Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand
hygiene: 2022 Update. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiolog y. 2023;44(3):355–376.
doi:10.1017/ice.2022.304