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. 2023 Jun 6;2023(6):CD013326. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013326.pub4
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# Searches Results
1 exp Hand Hygiene/ 8023
2 exp Hand Disinfection/ 6303
3 Hand sanitizers/ 348
4 (handwash* or handrub* or hand‐wash* or hand‐rub* or handgel? or hand‐gel?).ti,ab,kw,kf. 7203
5 ((hand or hands) adj3 (alcohol* or antiinfect* or anti‐infect* or antisep* or aseps* or aseptic* or chlorhexidin* or clean* or decontaminat* or disinfect* or ethanol* or hygiene or hygienic* or propanol* or rub or rubs or rubbing or saniti* or scrub* or soap? or soaping or sterili* or triclosan* or wash* or wipe* or wiping)).ti,ab,kw,kf. 13807
6 (hand* adj2 chlorine adj2 derivative*).ti,ab,kw,kf. 0
7 (hand* adj2 iodine chloroxylenol).ti,ab,kw,kf. 0
8 (hand* adj2 quaternary ammonium compound*).ti,ab,kw,kf. 4
9 (scrub* adj2 surgical).ti,ab,kw,kf. 421
10 or/1‐9 [Hand Hygiene] 18126
11 exp Hand/ 86364
12 hand?.ti,ab,kw,kf. 487892
13 or/11‐12 [Hands] 530818
14 exp Bacterial Infections/pc 100498
15 exp Cross Infection/pc 25747
16 exp Hygiene/ 45117
17 exp Infection Control/ 69871
18 exp Disinfectants/ 74478
19 exp Solutions/ 135506
20 exp Alcohols/ 674334
21 exp soaps/ 2718
22 exp antisepsis/ 4592
23 exp disinfection/ 17071
24 exp sterilization/ 33595
25 exp chlorhexidine/ 9270
26 exp triclosan/ 3253
27 exp Anti‐Infective Agents, Local/ 255655
28 or/14‐27 [infection prevention; antiinfective agents; hygiene] 1178745
29 exp infant, newborn/ 663647
30 (infant or infants or infant? or infantile or infancy or newborn* or new born or new borns or newly born or neonat* or baby* or babies or premature or prematures or prematurity or preterm or preterms or pre term or premies or low birth weight or low birthweight or VLBW or LBW or ELBW or NICU).ti,ab,kw,kf. 994149
31 or/29‐30 [Filter: Neonatal Population 2021‐‐MEDLINE] 1277026
32 randomized controlled trial.pt. 582235
33 controlled clinical trial.pt. 95125
34 (randomized or randomised).ti,ab. 755923
35 placebo.ab. 233827
36 drug therapy.fs. 2553906
37 randomly.ab. 397137
38 trial.ab. 626605
39 groups.ab. 2444627
40 (quasirandom* or quasi‐random*).ti,ab. 5464
41 exp animals/ not humans.sh. 5071725
42 (or/32‐40) not 41 [RCT Filter‐Sensitivity Max ] 4853141
43 systematic review.pt. 214130
44 (systematic adj2 review).ti. 206655
45 meta analysis/ 171945
46 (meta‐analysis or metaanalysis).ti,ab,kw. 221763
47 (cochrane or systematic review?).jw. 19587
48 overview of reviews.ti. 109
49 or/43‐48 [SR filter] 386925
50 10 and 31 and 42 [Hand Hygiene & Neonate & RCT] 355
51 13 and 28 and 31 and 42 [Hands & Hygiene/Infection Control etc & Neonate & RCT] 261
52 or/50‐51 [RCT Results MEDLINE] 457
53 10 and 31 and 49 [Hand Hygiene & Neonate & SR] 39
54 13 and 28 and 31 and 49 [Hands & Hygiene/Infection Control etc & Neonate & SR] 41
55 52 or 54 [Results] 469