Hand hygiene is one of the most effective, affordable and universal tools we have to prevent the transmission of infections and provide high-quality, clean and safe medical care. While medical gloves ...

To supplement the material and analysis provided by Becker’s Clinical Quality and Infection Control, Becker’s Healthcare offers an online database of free and low-cost downloadable patient safety ...

A report from the American Cleaning Institute shows there are some hygiene gaps that could put our health at risk and help ...

The Johns Hopkins Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care provides a free, downloadable and adaptable card for patients to fill out when observing whether their healthcare providers are ...

The film emphasizes the importance of cleanliness for health and well-being, particularly in medical settings and personal hygiene. It highlights the rigorous handwashing practices of doctors to ...

A study, published in The Journal of Hospital Infection, examined factors affecting hand hygiene compliance before entering the patient room and at the bedside. The researchers analyzed hand hygiene ...

Hand hygiene remains a cornerstone of infection prevention in healthcare settings, vital for curtailing the transmission of multidrug‐resistant organisms and reducing the incidence of ...

— -- For doctors and nurses, hand hygiene is supposed to be as intuitive as breathing. But is this behavior really second-nature, or do health care workers need supervision to keep their hand ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — With the holidays quickly approaching, so is cold and flu season, so it’s important to understand how good hand hygiene is one of the best ways to stop the spread of germs ...

Time to rip off a pretty gross band-aid: There are far too few of us who wash our hands as often (or as well) as we should. Even after the COVID-19 pandemic (which, for people with compromised immune ...