Links on Science

Microbiology

General

Microbiology 101 [Internet text] CH. XVIII: Food Microbiology; Foodborne Diseases
http://www.slic2.wsu.edu:82/hurlbert/micro101/pages/Chap18.html

Paustian, Timothy, Microbiology Webbed Out [on-line textbook] University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001. http://www.bact.wisc.edu/microtextbook/index.html

Hands

Davis, Charles Patrick, Normal Flora [Ch. 6 in online Text: Medical Microbiology] http://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/ch006.htm

Kovach, Thomas L., Maintaining Intact Skin During Handwashing: The First Line of Defense Against the Chain of Septic Flow. Infection Control Today, 5/2000. http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/articles/151feat1.html

Handwashing Effectiveness

CDC, “Why is hand washing important?” 3/6/2000
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r2k0306c.htm

Emerging Infectious Diseases. 7:2 (3-4/2001) http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no2/larson.htm

Larson, E.L. APIC guideline for handwashing and hand antisepsis in health care settings. American Journal of Infection Control 1995;23:251-69. http://www.apic.org/

Compliance

Pittet, Didier, Improved adherence to hand hygiene practice: A multidisciplinary approach. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 7:2 (3-4/2001) http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no2/pittet.htm