During the University of Chicago Medical Center’s 24-hour Big Wash event in December, medical staff collectively washed their hands nearly 97,000 times — about once per second. Over the course of 24 ...

In the realm of frontline healthcare, where the well-being of both patients and healthcare workers hangs in the balance, there is a heightened vulnerability of healthcare workers (HCWs) to ...

Hand-washing adherence is on the up-and-up as more hospitals are holding their leadership accountable for hand hygiene, patient safety watchdog The Leapfrog Group reports. Since it began collecting ...

Washing your hands is essential to good hygiene, stopping germs in their tracks. Washing your hands limits the transfer of bacteria, viruses, and other germs, according to the Mayo Clinic. The Centers ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New guidelines for hand-washing in medical facilities, aimed at reducing health care- associated infections, ...

New data from Hill-Rom (NYSE: HRC) shows its hand-hygiene compliance system dramatically increases hand washing among hospital staff using the system. Analysis of more than 20 million instances of ...

The majority of germs that cause serious infections in humans are transmitted by people’s actions. One of the effective means to prevent these infections is by practicing good hand hygiene. Several ...