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Mary-Louise McLaws

Researcher at University of New South Wales

Publications -  197
Citations -  8607

Mary-Louise McLaws is an academic researcher from University of New South Wales. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Hygiene. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 196 publications receiving 7511 citations. Previous affiliations of Mary-Louise McLaws include University of Sydney.

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The role of particle size in aerosolised pathogen transmission: A review

Jan Gralton, +3 more
- 01 Jan 2011 - 
TL;DR: Expelled particles carrying pathogens do not exclusively disperse by airborne or droplet transmission but avail of both methods simultaneously and current dichotomous infection control precautions should be updated to include measures to contain both modes of aerosolised transmission.
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Estimating the extent of asymptomatic COVID-19 and its potential for community transmission: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Oyungerel Byambasuren, +5 more
TL;DR: This work synthesizes all known cases of true asymptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and aims to synthesize all known avian influenza A viruses to help design mitigation measures against the pandemic.
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Global implementation of WHO's multimodal strategy for improvement of hand hygiene: a quasi-experimental study

Benedetta Allegranzi, +11 more
- 01 Oct 2013 - 
TL;DR: Implementation of WHO's hand-hygiene strategy is feasible and sustainable across a range of settings in different countries and leads to significant compliance and knowledge improvement in health-care workers, supporting recommendation for use worldwide.
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Why healthcare workers don't wash their hands: a behavioral explanation.

Michael Whitby, +2 more
- 26 Apr 2006 - 
TL;DR: A small increase in handwashing adherence may be seen after implementing the use of alcoholic hand rubs, to decrease the effort required to wash hands, but the facilitation of compliance is not simply related to effort but is highly dependent on altering behavioral perceptions.
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Behavioural considerations for hand hygiene practices: the basic building blocks

Michael Whitby, +9 more
- 01 Jan 2007 - 
TL;DR: The taskforce was asked to explore aspects underlying hand hygiene behaviour that may influence its promotion among healthcare workers and the dynamics of behavioural change are complex and multi-faceted, but are of vital importance when designing a strategy to improve hand hygiene compliance.