Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As part of a pilot program, patients and visitors performed audits of HCW hand hygiene compliance. During the ...

The Johns Hopkins Hand Hygiene SuperStar program is a hospital-wide recognition program intended to encourage proper hand hygiene practices. Healthcare team members are nominated for their exemplary ...

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement, in collaboration with the CDC, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America, ...

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 ...

An environmental assessment of alcohol hand rub usage may help organizations determine supply and financial needs for a hand hygiene program, according to research published in the American Journal of ...

A seismic demographic shift is afoot, with older adults expected to outnumber children by the year 2034 for the first time in U.S. history. This will result in higher demand for long-term care ...

India, May 4 -- World Hand Hygiene Day is observed every year on May 5 to promote the importance of clean hands in preventing ...

Hand hygiene is one of the simplest yet most powerful ways to prevent infections, whether in hospitals, public spaces, or at home. From washing with soap and water to using alcohol-based sanitizers, ...

That's where the DiskCover® System by AseptiScope, a groundbreaking solution to redefine stethoscope hygiene, comes in. The first touch-free stethoscope hygiene system of its kind, the DiskCover® ...

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 ...