The ASC Quality Collaboration offers a free, downloadable sample hand hygiene policy and procedure. Under the draft policy, “all members of the healthcare team will comply with current CDC hand ...

Despite significant changes in infection prevention practices since the introduction of the CMS Conditions for Coverage requirements, hand hygiene practices continue to be inconsistent and fall short ...

LOS ANGELES - Hand-washing is one of the most effective methods of helping to prevent contraction and spread of the novel coronavirus. But it can be hard to tell if one's hand-scrubbing efforts are ...

Person in charge failed to control access to food facility by unauthorized persons. Food employee did not follow proper hand-washing procedure - soap and warm water were not used. Food employee donned ...

This is part of a Chronicle series on Muskegon County health department inspection records from 2007-10. Click here to follow the entire series. Not all food code violations are created equal.

Marco's, 1601 Ebenezer. Violation: Improper cold holding temperatures: 95 Super Mario, 736 N. Broadway. Violation: Improper cold holding temperatures; improper date marking and disposition of food ...

Although proper hand-washing procedures are the best way to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) while treating patients, a new study reveals hand hygiene itself is only one piece ...

Researchers observed that even during a high-profile norovirus outbreak, students followed recommended hand hygiene procedures just 17 percent of the time. In a self-reported survey after the outbreak ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Simple, inexpensive infection control adopted in U.S. hospitals may reduce thousands of preventable deaths and save billions of dollars, a researcher says. Study ...

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Paramedics have a "remarkably low" rate of compliance with hand hygiene standards, which could put patients at risk for deadly infections, according to a new report. For the study, researchers ...

Outpatient, same-day surgery centers across the United States differ on training of providers and staff, communication with patients, and several key quality and safety measures, according to a report ...