| No. | Search terms | Results |
| S1 | TI (doctor* or physician* or nurse* or clinician* or consultant* or healthcare assistant* or health care assistant* or health care professional* or healthcare professional* or team* or healthcare worker* or health care worker* or (health* N2 personnel) or medical or nursing or staff) | 361,447 |
| S2 | AB (doctor* or physician* or nurse* or clinician* or consultant* or healthcare assistant* or health care assistant* or health care professional* or healthcare professional* or team* or healthcare worker* or health care worker* or (health* N2 personnel) or medical or nursing or staff) | 395,210 |
| S3 | TI (ward? or centre or centres or center or centers or department? or unit or units or hospital?) | 60,274 |
| S4 | AB (ward? or centre or centres or center or centers or department? or unit or units or hospital?) | 157,221 |
| S5 | TI (long‐term care) OR AB (long‐term care) | 12,209 |
| S6 | TI (residential N3 (care or healthcare or facilit*)) | 1,392 |
| S7 | AB (residential N3 (care or healthcare or facilit*)) | 1,948 |
| S8 | TI nursing home? OR AB nursing home? | 6,966 |
| S9 | (MH "Health Personnel+") | 342,921 |
| S10 | (MH "Health Facilities+") | 253,292 |
| S11 | S1 OR S2 OR S3 OR S4 OR S5 OR S6 OR S7 OR S8 OR S9 OR S10 | 1,056,730 |
| S12 | (MH "Handwashing") | 5,414 |
| S13 | TI (handwash* or hand hygiene or handrub* or hand rub*) or AB (handwash* or hand hygiene or handrub* or hand rub*) | 2,942 |
| S14 | TI (hand* N2 (clean* or decontaminat* or disinfect* or hygiene or hygienic* or saniti* or sterili* or wash*) | 2,002 |
| S15 | AB (hand* N2 (clean* or decontaminat* or disinfect* or hygiene or hygienic* or saniti* or sterili* or wash*) | 2,152 |
| S16 | TI (hand* N3 (alcohol* or propanol* or ethanol*)) | 264 |
| S17 | AB (hand* N3 (alcohol* or propanol* or ethanol*)) | 427 |
| S18 | TI (hand* N1 scrub*) or AB (hand* N1 scrub*) | 67 |
| S19 | (MH "Hand") | 4,576 |
| S20 | (MH "Sterilization and Disinfection") | 6,710 |
| S21 | S19 AND S20 | 29 |
| S22 | S12 OR S13 OR S14 OR S15 OR S16 OR S17 OR S18 OR S21 | 6,702 |
| S23 | PT randomized controlled trial | 30,693 |
| S24 | PT clinical trial | 52,806 |
| S25 | PT research | 986,950 |
| S26 | (MH "Randomized Controlled Trials") | 28,251 |
| S27 | (MH "Clinical Trials") | 85,144 |
| S28 | (MH "Intervention Trials") | 6,071 |
| S29 | (MH "Nonrandomized Trials") | 179 |
| S30 | (MH "Experimental Studies") | 15,081 |
| S31 | (MH "Pretest‐Posttest Design+") | 27,448 |
| S32 | (MH "Quasi‐Experimental Studies+") | 8,692 |
| S33 | (MH "Multicenter Studies") | 14,354 |
| S34 | (MH "Health Services Research") | 7,478 |
| S35 | TI ( randomis* or randomiz* or randomly) OR AB ( randomis* or randomiz* or randomly) | 114,306 |
| S36 | TI (trial or effect* or impact* or intervention* or before N5 after or pre N5 post or ((pretest or "pre test") and (posttest or "post test")) or quasiexperiment* or quasi W0 experiment* or pseudo experiment* or pseudoexperiment* or evaluat* or "time series" or time W0 point* or repeated W0 measur*) OR AB (trial or effect* or impact* or intervention* or before N5 after or pre N5 post or ((pretest or "pre test") and (posttest or "post test")) or quasiexperiment* or quasi W0 experiment* or pseudo experiment* or pseudoexperiment* or evaluat* or "time series" or time W0 point* or repeated W0 measur*) | 782,466 |
| S37 | S23 OR S24 OR S25 OR S26 OR S27 OR S28 OR S29 OR S30 OR S31 OR S32 OR S33 OR S34 OR S35 OR S36 | 1,318,672 |
| S38 | S11 AND S22 AND S37 | 2,297 |
| S39 | S38 Limiters ‐ Exclude MEDLINE records | 576 |