A reoccurring theme that has been present during the COVID-19 pandemic is hand-washing. However, we shouldn’t just be washing our hands – we should be practicing proper hand hygiene by scrubbing for ...

Maintaining impeccable hand hygiene is paramount in preventing the spread of pathogens and safeguarding personal and public ...

Hygiene practices have come a long way since the CDC first published national hygiene guidelines in the 1980s. With so much to keep track of, a nurse leader summarized some of the latest practice ...

With the number of people infected with coronavirus increasing around the world on a daily basis, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised everyone to regularly and thoroughly clean their hands ...

Washing your hands is one of the simplest yet most effective ways to maintain good hygiene, prevent infections and safeguard public health. Hand washing is a fundamental aspect of hygiene that plays a ...

1. Give patients hand sanitizer upon their arrival at the hospital and check in periodically to make sure they use it. 2. Pay special attention to hand hygiene at the end of shifts, as this is when ...

New data from Hill-Rom (NYSE: HRC) shows its hand-hygiene compliance system dramatically increases hand washing among hospital staff using the system. Analysis of more than 20 million instances of ...

When it comes to hand hygiene, proper hand drying plays a critical — and often dangerously overlooked — role in preventing the spread of viruses and bacteria, investigators say. In a review of ...

After visiting Ellis Island in 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt noted the lack of hand-washing by doctors and wrote the Public Health Service that he was “struck by the way doctors made the ...

Use of a glowing gel that shows younger patients how well they wash their hands by illustrating bacteria they missed while washing and may significantly improve hand hygiene, according to a Society ...

MENOMONEE FALLS, WI — In recognition of World Hand Hygiene Day on May 5, Bradley Company is sharing new findings from its annual Healthy Handwashing Survey™. Specifically, it reveals notable ...