The Operating Theatre Journal

A report from the Hospital Infection Society Working Group on Infection Control in the Operating Theatres

The Clean Hands Coalition is a unified alliance of public and private partners working together to create and support coordinated, sustained initiatives to significantly improve health and save lives through clean hands. The CHC is facilitated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The HIS exists to foster the advancement of knowledge and education of all those who have an interest in the important field of hospital infection.
Their members are creating and disseminating a body of scientific knowledge about the prevention and control of hospital and other healthcare associated infections.

The Infection Prevention Society exists to promote the advancement of education in infection prevention and control for the benefit of the community as a whole, in particular by the provision of training courses, accreditation schemes, education materials, meetings and conferences.

World Community Grid brings people together from across the globe to create the largest non-profit computing grid benefiting humanity. It does this by pooling surplus computer processing power. We believe that innovation combined with visionary scientific research and large-scale volunteerism can help make the planet smarter. Our success depends on like-minded individuals – like you.

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