Hand hygiene within a hospital prevents the spread of infectious diseases, including communicable, respiratory illnesses like COVID-19 and influenza. This course provides the tools to implement a hand ...

New Haven, Connecticut — Sing "Happy Birthday"? Recite the ABCs? Count 20 seconds? What's the best way to ensure the effectiveness of hand washing? Maintaining good hand hygiene practices remains key ...

Here are five proven strategies for increasing hand hygiene compliance at your ASC. 1. Place hand sanitizers throughout the facility. Installing hand sanitizers throughout an ASC gives the facility an ...

David Sellers is vice president of clinical research at Proventix Systems, Inc., a healthcare technology company based in Birmingham, Alabama. that produces nGage™, an electronic hand-hygiene ...

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 ...

Five medical organizations are recommending updated best practices for hand hygiene to protect patients and staff in healthcare settings. The recommendations emphasize the importance of healthy skin ...

Our hands are the home for microorganisms which live on one's skin surface. Mostly, these microorganisms are harmless. But the hands can become infected with germs that are harmful to the body, while ...

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of articles in which we will bring in an expert to address some of the misinformation we have read in various social ...

The leader of Leapfrog, as well as the head of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, discussed current hand hygiene protocols and compliance, and why hospitals may ...

Kontakt.io is offering its hand hygiene solution with rewards offered for compliance so that healthcare workers treat handwashing similar to exercising with fitness trackers. Several hospitals are ...