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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.
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