Becker's ASC

Patient Safety Tool: ASC Quality Collaboration Sample Hand Hygiene Policy/Procedure

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 ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Alcohol-based rub improves hand hygiene compliance by 36%

A study published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control examined the effect of alcohol-based surgical hand preparation on the quality and duration of the procedure as well as on surgical ...
News Medical

Updated advice to prevent healthcare-associated infections focuses on hand hygiene

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 ...
Becker's ASC

Patient Safety Tool: Hand Hygiene Observation Form From GOJO

GOJO, a global producer and marketer of skin health and hygiene solutions and the inventors of PURELL, offers a free, downloadable and adaptable hand hygiene observation form for ambulatory surgery ...
JSTOR Daily

Understanding Practice: Factors That Influence Physician Hand Hygiene Compliance

Janet E. Squires PhD, Stefanie Linklater MSc, Jeremy M. Grimshaw PhD, Ian D. Graham PhD, Katrina Sullivan MSc, Natalie Bruce MScN, Kathleen Gartke MD, Alan Karovitch MD, Virginia Roth MD, Karen ...
JSTOR Daily

Reduction in Surgical Site Infections in Neurosurgical Patients Associated With a Bedside Hand Hygiene Program in Vietnam

Le Thi Anh Thu , MD, PhD, Michael J. Dibley , MBBS, MPH, Vo Van Nho , MD, PhD, Lennox Archibald , MBBS, MD, FRCP, DTM&H, William R. Jarvis , MD and Annette H. Sohn ...

7 doctors contract hand, foot and mouth disease at Hong Kong public hospital

Hospital Authority says outbreak occurred at Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung, with infected having developed ...