What Does HH Mean in Medical Terms?

HH stands for hand hygiene. Cleaning hands to prevent infection spread.

Where you will see HH

You will most often see HH in microbiology results and infection-control notes, nursing notes, care plans and handovers.

Example

A chart note might use “HH” as shorthand for hand hygiene when documenting a patient's care.

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