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 ...

Last month, the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) organized the Big Wash, a one-day competition to promote proper hand hygiene procedures among staff. In the 24-hour period of observation, ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the realm of frontline healthcare, where the well-being of both patients and healthcare workers hangs in the balance, there is a heightened vulnerability of healthcare workers (HCWs) to ...

The CDC makes the following 13 recommendations for indications for handwashing and hand antisepsis in its “Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings.” 1. When hands are visibly dirty or ...

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 ...

A new study shows only 13 percent of emergency medical providers reported cleaning their hands before patient contact, according to the study from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's Fujitsu develops new AI-video recognition technology to check proper handwashing TOKYO (Reuters) - Three months after the ...

Most of us are aware that frequent hand-washing is a simple, effective means of reducing the transmission of infections, including COVID-19. As a mom and a teacher, I have noticed something worrisome ...