Hygiene

"Hygiene" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The science dealing with the establishment and maintenance of health in the individual and the group. It includes the conditions and practices conducive to health. (Webster, 3d ed)

Descriptor ID	D006920
MeSH Number(s)	E02.547 N06.850.670
Concept/Terms	Hygiene Hygiene

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Hygiene".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Hygiene [E02.547]
Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Hygiene [N06.850.670]

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Bar chart showing 9 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2009 and 2010 and 2013 and 2014 and 2017 and 2018 and 2019 and 2020 and 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2009	1	0	1
2010	0	1	1
2013	1	0	1
2014	0	1	1
2017	0	1	1
2018	0	1	1
2019	1	0	1
2020	0	1	1
2022	1	0	1

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Trant AA, Vash-Margita A, Camenga D, Braverman P, Wagner D, Espinal M, Kisanga EP, Lundsberg L, Sheth SS, Fan L. Menstrual Health and Hygiene among Adolescents in the United States. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2022 Jun; 35(3):277-287.

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Kanagasabai U, Enriquez K, Gelting R, Malpiedi P, Zayzay C, Kendor J, Fahnbulleh S, Cooper C, Gibson W, Brown R, Nador N, Williams DE, Chiriboga D, Niescierenko M. The Impact of Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Improvements on Hand Hygiene at Two Liberian Hospitals during the Recovery Phase of an Ebola Epidemic. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 03 25; 18(7).

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Dosa D, Jump RLP, LaPlante K, Gravenstein S. Long-Term Care Facilities and the Coronavirus Epidemic: Practical Guidelines for a Population at Highest Risk. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 05; 21(5):569-571.

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Mohan S, Simons JP. Preoperative Chlorhexidine Gluconate Scrub Shower for Inpatient Vascular Patients: A Quality Improvement Project. Ann Vasc Surg. 2019 May; 57:174-176.

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Amatya P, Ghimire S, Callahan KE, Baral BK, Poudel KC. Practice and lived experience of menstrual exiles (Chhaupadi) among adolescent girls in far-western Nepal. PLoS One. 2018; 13(12):e0208260.

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Maruca AT, Dion K, Lobelo AA, Ampiah-Bonney O, Chen C, Sanger K, Zucker D. Self-Care Management in Corrections: Perspectives From Persons With an Incarceration Experience. J Forensic Nurs. 2017 Jul/Sep; 13(3):126-134.

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Haessler S. The Hawthorne effect in measurements of hand hygiene compliance: a definite problem, but also an opportunity. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014 Dec; 23(12):965-7.

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Iroh Tam PY, Bettano A, Wangu Z, Ford D, Sulis C. A rapid-cycle quality improvement initiative to increase compliance with infection control precautions in a pediatric ward. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Feb; 34(2):213-4.

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Chan D, Downing D, Keough CE, Saad WA, Annamalai G, d'Othee BJ, Ganguli S, Itkin M, Kalva SP, Khan AA, Krishnamurthy V, Nikolic B, Owens CA, Postoak D, Roberts AC, Rose SC, Sacks D, Siddiqi NH, Swan TL, Thornton RH, Towbin R, Wallace MJ, Walker TG, Wojak JC, Wardrope RR, Cardella JF. Joint Practice Guideline for Sterile Technique during Vascular and Interventional Radiology Procedures: From the Society of Interventional Radiology, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, and Association for Radiologic and Imaging Nursing, for the Society of Interventional Radiology [corrected] Standards of Practice Committee, and Endorsed by the Cardiovascular Interventional Radiological Society of Europe and the Canadian Interventional Radiology Association. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2012 Dec; 23(12):1603-12.

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Lukacz ES, Sampselle C, Gray M, Macdiarmid S, Rosenberg M, Ellsworth P, Palmer MH. A healthy bladder: a consensus statement. Int J Clin Pract. 2011 Oct; 65(10):1026-36.

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