Despite various techniques that health care facilities use to facilitate 100% hand hygiene compliance from their health care workers, barriers still must be overcome. Hand hygiene is key to preventing ...

PDI’s director of clinical affairs speaks with ICT® about the annual focus on the most fundamental way to protect patients and health care workers alike. Debra A. Hagberg, MT(ASCP), CIC: PDI is ...

Five medical organizations are recommending updated best practices for hand hygiene to protect patients and staff in healthcare settings. The recommendations emphasize the importance of healthy skin ...

We’ve all been told—especially through the COVID-19 pandemic—that hand washing is important, and new survey results show that more than nine in 10 Americans believe this. According to Bradley ...

World Hand Hygiene Day 2025: In our fast-paced, screen-dominated lives, we touch our eyes more often than we realise—whether to rub them when tired, adjust our glasses, or handle contact lenses. But ...

Granted, Lady Macbeth's obsessive hand-washing was symbolic. But add some soap and warm water, and you've got a great defense against many communicable illnesses. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

We’ve all heard it a million times: wash behind your ears. Floss every day. Dry shampoo is not a substitute for washing your hair, and you should probably be washing your hands even more often than ...

Covering your mouth, washing your hands and not touching things with germ-ridden hands were some things East Aiken School of Arts students learned with a little skit. As part of Patient Safety Week, ...

Research has shown that many harmful diseases spread due to a lack of proper hand hygiene. Thereby, washing hands could effectively prevent the spread of infections. One can spread germs, i.e., ...

Holy Name Medical Center is deploying AI-powered hand hygiene stations in departments that treat the hospital’s most vulnerable patients. Developed by health care technology company Soapy USA Inc., ...