Handwashing in clinical settings prior to putting on gloves may not actually be the best policy for infection prevention, a new study has found. Hand hygiene is important, but past research has ...

Hand-washing temporarily spiked during pandemic, Chicago hospital finds Hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers at the University of Chicago Medical Center soared early in the pandemic, but ...

During a 6-week period, a medical student conducted an observational study of hand washing and infection control practices in a community teaching hospital. There was no difference in the prevalence ...

Hanna, D. et al (2009) The role played by a range of psychological variables in nurses’ handwashing behaviour. Nursing Times; 105: 41, early online publication. Background: Psychological models of ...

Heart surgeons meticulously scrub their hands for precisely one minute before each operation. This scientifically backed ...

Think washing your hands is enough? Think again! This Global Handwashing Day, let's bust common hand hygiene myths, from ...

Today's Google Doodle depicts Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian physician and "father of infection control," widely recognized as the first person to realize the medical benefits of handwashing. The ...

Too few child care workers follow hand-washing guidelines, a new study suggests. University of Arkansas researchers used video cameras to record the hand-washing habits of adults at an early childhood ...

A national watchdog group recently scored some central Pennsylvania hospitals below average for several safety metrics, including hand washing, infection and having specially trained doctors care for ...