Meaning of hand wash | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An instance of washing one’s hands.
   countable
2. An instance of washing something by hand.
   countable

Examples

“Davis (11) compared hand exposures of apple thinners using gloves and hand washes. He found that hand exposures obtained by rinsing were significantly lower than those obtained by using either cotton or nylon gloves.”

“He had intrusive thoughts about people suffering from diseases which he was personally responsible for spreading. At first, several hand washes were enough to reduce his anxiety; however, he began to feel that simply washing his hands was not enough.”

“If performed with a suitable antiseptic, the surgical hand rub is very efficient in reducing the skin flora and hands need not be dried afterward. It lacks, however, the cleaning function provided by a surgical hand wash. […] Surgical hand rubs are performed by pouring small volumes of a suitable antiseptic, usually an alcohol preparation, into the cupped dry hands, rubbing it onto the entire surface of hands and forearms, keeping them wet for the scheduled time by adding further portions as necessary, and carrying out wash movements. […] Surgical hand washes are performed with antiseptic detergents according to the instructions of the manufacturer. Drying hands with sterile towels or drapes is usually necessary before donning surgical gloves.”

“Hand washing for 15 to 30 seconds using ordinary soap and water will remove transient bacteria from the hands due to the mechanical action of the friction while rubbing and scrubbing during the wash. Hand washes are frequently required before entering an intensive care unit (ICU) or operating suite.”

“Cooper et al. [20] found that even small increases in the frequency of effective hand washes were enough to bring endemic nosocomial infective organisms under control in a computer model. Raboud et al. [21], using a Monte-Carlo simulation, determined factors that would reduce transmission of nosocomial infection. The factors that were relevant included reducing the nursing patient load from 4.3 (day) and 6.8 (night) to 3.8 (day) and 5.7 (night), increasing the hand washing rates for visitors, and screening patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) upon admission.”

“Sneddon’s (1990) study demonstrated that Gram-negative organisms were isolated from 44% of nurses’ hands before washing and from 12% after washing; 40% of hands sampled after dirty activity and 25% after clean activity were contaminated. Only 52% of the hand washes were considered good. Pittet et al (1999) reported that hand hygiene decreased with higher workload and higher-risk patients. Increasing hand hygiene frequency and effective procedure among hospital staff has been associated with a decrease in hospital-acquired infection (Pittet et al 2000).”

“Because handwashing rituals ran through many daily tasks, her exposure was designed to target this behavior rather than moving through the specific situations. We reviewed when and how hand washes were done legitimately for religious and functional purposes.”

“FIG. 2. Results of giving a hand wash to worsted fabric.”

“See the Westinghouse washer with exclusive hand-wash action at your Westinghouse dealer. You’ll never do a hand wash again.”

“Hand wash. Nothing could be simpler, right? Wrong. There are dozens of ways to do a hand wash—and even the experts don’t agree on all points.”

“Cooking and laundry facilities for doing hand washes are available.”

“If disinfectant hand washes are used remember they are inactivated by soap.”

“The ornate four-poster bed is made up in lacy fabric, there are towels in the bathroom, along with full bottles of hand wash and body lotion.”

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