CARSON CITY — Poor hand hygiene is emerging as the No. 1 factor in the spread of COVID-19 in skilled-nursing homes and similar communal care facilities in Nevada, according to initial data state ...

On April 9 at PruittHealth-Carolina Point, a nursing home on the Orange-Durham border, an aide walked from room to room, passing out lunch trays. In between, a state inspector observed, the aide did ...

When Shanina Knighton began pursuing her doctorate in nursing in 2013, she set out to seek evidence to support a theory. She’d noticed that, during the H1N1 pandemic, patient hand hygiene wasn’t ...

WTAM-AM: Shanina Knighton, an instructor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, reminded listeners that the best defense against coronavirus, or any disease, is simple hand washing.

India, May 4 -- World Hand Hygiene Day is observed every year on May 5 to promote the importance of clean hands in preventing infections. The World Health Organization leads this global campaign to ...

Providing individualized feedback on hand hygiene to healthcare workers (HCWs) at nursing homes on a weekly basis did not lead to improved compliance, according to a March study published in Infection ...

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 ...

Health system is focusing on new technology and new innovations to improve patient safety, quality director says. Although observations showed a 90% hand hygiene compliance across the health system ...

Research has shown that many harmful diseases spread due to a lack of proper hand hygiene. Thereby, washing hands could effectively prevent the spread of infections. One can spread germs, i.e., ...

On Sept. 29, USC Aiken first-semester nursing students participated in a time-honored tradition: the Dedication of Hands to the Nursing Profession. Each semester, School of Nursing faculty members ...