Last month, the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) organized the Big Wash, a one-day competition to promote proper hand hygiene procedures among staff. In the 24-hour period of observation, ...

The ASC Quality Collaboration offers a free, downloadable sample hand hygiene policy and procedure. Under the draft policy, “all members of the healthcare team will comply with current CDC hand ...

Researchers observed that even during a high-profile norovirus outbreak, students followed recommended hand hygiene procedures just 17 percent of the time. In a self-reported survey after the outbreak ...

Although proper hand-washing procedures are the best way to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) while treating patients, a new study reveals hand hygiene itself is only one piece ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a 30 second application of a six-step hand washing and hand rub regimen that could keep infections away. New research titled, 'Simplifying the WHO ...

LOS ANGELES - Hand-washing is one of the most effective methods of helping to prevent contraction and spread of the novel coronavirus. But it can be hard to tell if one's hand-scrubbing efforts are ...

A study published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control examined the effect of alcohol-based surgical hand preparation on the quality and duration of the procedure as well as on surgical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's Fujitsu develops new AI-video recognition technology to check proper handwashing TOKYO (Reuters) - Three months after the ...