Table 1.
Summary of keywords commonly used in hand hygiene literature and number of publications retrieved by the indicated search strategy
| Hand hygiene literature commonly used keywordsa | Search strategyb | Number of articles | Search detailsc |
|---|---|---|---|
| hand hygiene | “hand hygiene”[Mesh] | 5401 | “Hand Hygiene”[Mesh] |
| “hand hygiene” | 3085 | “hand hygiene”[All Fields] | |
| hand disinfection | “hand disinfection”[Mesh] | 4868 | “hand disinfection”[Mesh] |
| hand disinf* | 5083 | hand disinfectant[All Fields] OR hand disinfectants[All Fields] OR hand disinfection[All Fields] OR hand disinfections[All Fields] | |
| hand sanitizers | “hand sanitizers”[Mesh] | 66 | “hand sanitizers”[Mesh] |
| hand sanit* | 317 | hand sanitation[All Fields] OR hand sanitiser[All Fields] OR hand sanitisers[All Fields] OR hand sanitising[All Fields] OR hand sanitization[All Fields] OR hand sanitizer[All Fields] OR hand sanitizers[All Fields] OR hand sanitizing[All Fields] | |
| hand washing | “hand washing “OR “handwashing “OR “hand wash“ | 3564 | “hand washing”[All Fields] OR “handwashing”[All Fields] OR “hand wash”[All Fields] |
| hand rubbing | hand rub* OR handrubbing | 532 | (hand rub[All Fields] OR hand rubbing[All Fields] OR hand rubs[All Fields]) OR handrubbing[All Fields] |
| surgical scrubbing | surgical scrub* | 271 | surgical scrub[All Fields] OR surgical scrubbing [All Fields] OR surgical scrubs [All Fields] |
| hand cleansing | hand cleans* | 95 | hand cleanser[All Fields] OR hand cleansers [All Fields] OR hand cleansing [All Fields] |
| hand decontamination | hand deconta* | 59 | hand decontaminants[All Fields] OR hand decontaminating[All Fields] OR hand decontamination[All Fields] |
| hand cleaning | “hand cleaning“ | 34 | “hand cleaning”[All Fields] |
| hand antisepsis | hand-antisep* | 126 | hand antisepsis[All Fields] OR hand antiseptic[All Fields] OR hand antiseptics[All Fields] |
| alcohol-based hand rub | alcohol-based hand rub* | 306 | alcohol based hand rub[All Fields] OR alcohol based hand rubbing[All Fields] OR alcohol based hand rubs[All Fields] |
| ALL keywords | ALL keywordsd | 9019 | e |
Search performed on the 03th of November of 2016
aThe terms used for search resulted from a consensus between the authors
bThe terms are stated as typed in PubMed®
cRefers to the content shown on the search details box on the NCBI home page after typing the specific MEDELINE® strategy stated
dThe search strategy used was: (“Hand Hygiene”[Mesh] OR “hand hygiene” OR “hand disinfection”[Mesh] OR hand disinf* OR “hand sanitizers”[Mesh] OR hand sanit* OR “hand washing” OR “handwashing” OR “hand wash” OR hand rub* OR “handrubbing” OR hand cleans* OR hand deconta* OR “hand cleaning” OR alcohol-based hand rub* OR hand-antisep* OR surgical scrub*)
eThe search details retrieved were: (“Hand Hygiene”[Mesh] OR “hand hygiene”[All Fields] OR “hand disinfection”[Mesh] OR (hand disinfectant[All Fields] OR hand disinfectants[All Fields] OR hand disinfection[All Fields] OR hand disinfections[All Fields]) OR “hand sanitizers”[Mesh] OR (hand sanitation[All Fields] OR hand sanitiser[All Fields] OR hand sanitisers[All Fields] OR hand sanitising[All Fields] OR hand sanitization[All Fields] OR hand sanitizer[All Fields] OR hand sanitizers[All Fields] OR hand sanitizing[All Fields]) OR “hand washing”[All Fields] OR “handwashing”[All Fields] OR “hand wash”[All Fields] OR (hand rub[All Fields] OR hand rubbing[All Fields] OR hand rubs[All Fields]) OR “handrubbing”[All Fields] OR (hand cleanser[All Fields] OR hand cleansers[All Fields] OR hand cleansing[All Fields]) OR (hand decontaminants[All Fields] OR hand decontaminating[All Fields] OR hand decontamination[All Fields]) OR “hand cleaning”[All Fields] OR (alcohol based hand rub[All Fields] OR alcohol based hand rubbing[All Fields] OR alcohol based hand rubs[All Fields]) OR (hand antisepsis[All Fields] OR hand antiseptic[All Fields] OR hand antiseptics[All Fields]) OR (surgical scrub[All Fields] OR surgical scrubbing[All Fields] OR surgical scrubs[All Fields])