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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers translated an informative hand-washing song into 26 different languages to help promote hand hygiene compliance during the pandemic, according to an article published in The Journal of ...

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 ...

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

Hu-Friedy has introduced its Hand Essentials line of hand care products, designed to provide dental professionals with medical-grade products for hygiene and help with infection control program ...