General principles of infection control.

The nosocomial infection is a significant problem worldwide. Thus, hospitals should be aware of it. The hand-washing at a sink is impractical, unachievable and the hospital subjects always do not comply with it. The infection control practitioners, consensually, claimed that waterless alcohol-based hand rubs should be available at the bedside and their use should be promoted over hand-washing with soap and water. In this review, the detailed CDC guidelines of antimicrobial ingredients designed for hand-washing as well as by concerned authorities are presented.