A multifaceted hand hygiene intervention lowered mortality and antibiotic prescriptions in nursing homes, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control. Researchers ...

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 ...

A pilot program at Parkland Health uses “courtesy and respect” stickers on hand sanitizer dispensers to make respectful ...

Practising hand hygiene at the right times to prevent healthcare-associated infections is one of the most important patient care practices health professionals can undertake. However, changing ...

Nursing Times; 107: 6, early online publication. Background Patient hand hygiene is poor so hospitals are attempting to improve this by providing them with handwashing products at the bedside.

Our search for a nursing home that had control of their handwashing took us to Ireland. Tralee, Ireland to be more specific. We had heard about a nursing home’s years of success in complimenting their ...

GOJO Industries, a leader in hand hygiene and skin health and inventors of PURELL® Hand Sanitizer, conducted an independent research study at the John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas to ...

Health system is focusing on new technology and new innovations to improve patient safety, quality director says. Although observations showed a 90% hand hygiene compliance across the health system ...

World Hand Hygiene Day is observed annually on 5 th May by the World Health Organization (WHO) and highlights the importance of hand hygiene in healthcare. The awareness day also aims at bringing ...

Infection prevention practices centered on hand hygiene (HH) protocols can save lives across all healthcare facilities, not just hospital settings. This includes nursing homes, according to a new ...

Infection prevention practices centered on hand hygiene (HH) protocols can save lives across all healthcare facilities, not just hospital settings. This includes nursing homes, according to a new ...