Handwashing

UK sources of information and / or support

 Health Protection Agency

The Health Protection Agency provides information on Handwashing

 Infection Control Training Material

From the Department of Health. Includes posters that can download about correct handwashing techniques.

 Clean Your Hands Campaign

Information from the National Patient Safety Agency regarding the Clean Your Hands Campaign.

 Handwashing

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide a wide range of patient information leaflets including one in this area.

 Hand Hygiene

West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust provide a wide range of patient information, including one in this area.

 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, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, 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.