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UK sources of information and / or support
Handwashing
Information from the Health Protection Agency.
Clean Your Hands Campaign
Information from the National Patient Safety Agency regarding the Clean Your Hands Campaign.
Handwashing
Information from Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Hand Hygiene
Informationn from West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust.
Catch it, Bin it, Kill it - Respiratory and hand hygiene campaign
Information from the Department of Health.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.