D'Ovidio Maria Concetta
INAIL, Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro, Settore Ricerca - Dipartimento di Medicina del Lavoro, Monte Porzio Catone, Roma.
G Ital Med Lav Ergon. 2013 Apr-Jun;35(2):77-86.
In this manuscript, we consider the importance of hand hygiene as the chief measure of prevention and protection in the occupational context. In particular, we remember the physician who lived in the middle of the 19th century, Ignazio Semmelweis, genius but not understood creator of the theory for infection control, based on hand hygiene. Subsequent studies have clearly demonstrated the validity of Semmelweis' research, through scientific publications and the establishment of international guidelines, such as by the World Health Organization (WHO). It is important to remember the initial work and then, sharpen this tool, resulting in the adoption of simple, but effective behavioural practices, that should be spread by several means and tools of information, education and communication, addressed at all involved, for the reduction of exposure to the occupational biological risk.
在本手稿中，我们认为手部卫生作为职业环境中预防和保护的主要措施至关重要。特别是，我们会想起19世纪中叶的医生伊格纳兹·塞麦尔维斯，他是基于手部卫生的感染控制理论的天才创造者，却未被理解。随后的研究通过科学出版物以及国际准则的制定，如世界卫生组织（WHO）的准则，清楚地证明了塞麦尔维斯研究的有效性。重要的是要铭记最初的工作，然后完善这个工具，从而采用简单但有效的行为做法，这些做法应通过针对所有相关人员的多种信息、教育和沟通手段及工具进行传播，以减少职业生物风险暴露。
