A lot of the hand hygiene discussion in healthcare revolves around clinician adherence to hand hygiene protocols, but patients also play an important role in this infection prevention measure. However ...

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement, in collaboration with the CDC, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America, ...

Encouraging doctors and nurses to wash their hands frequently has always been considered an effective way to curb the spread of infection in hospitals and other health facilities. But a research ...

Johns Hopkins provides a free, downloadable PowerPoint that features nine colorful posters to help encourage proper hand hygiene and hand washing. Drown a bug, save a life, wash your hands Stop, hand ...

Heart surgeons meticulously scrub their hands for precisely one minute before each operation. This scientifically backed ...

Today’s leaders of healthcare facilities are faced with the difficult challenge of convincing patients that it’s safe to return to critical and elective care. Patients are seeking assurances that ...

The majority of germs that cause serious infections in humans are transmitted by people’s actions. One of the effective means to prevent these infections is by practicing good hand hygiene. Several ...

A Fishers-based business that creates portable hand-washing stations for immobile hospital patients is planning to invest $584,000 in the company and create 25 new jobs by the end of 2024. Angie ...

October 26, 2011 (Boston, Massachusetts) — According to George Bernard Shaw, "the greatest problem in communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished." It appears that this also applies to ...

For nurses wanting to wash a patient in their bed, this means putting a bowl under a faucet with a plastic sleeve wrapped ...

People were washing their hands so much early in the pandemic that sensitive skin and soap shortages were common problems in 2020. All this focus on hand-washing was for good reason. The science ...