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 ...

Historical perspectiveHand hygiene is recognized by infection prevention and control experts as the single most important intervention in decreasing the spread of infection in both healthcare and ...

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 ...

A study published in the American Journal of Infection Control examined hand hygiene rates at five tertiary care facilities over six months. The hospitals had implemented electronic hand hygiene ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hand hygiene is described by many health care workers as the single most important tool in preventing the spread ...

Think for a moment about a conversation that you have had that left you unsettled. Maybe it was the content of the conversation, the subject matter questioning the very essence of the values of the ...

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 ...

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College nursing students will demonstrate proper handwashing and hand-sanitizing techniques in observance of World Handwashing Day on Oct. 15. The students will staff an ...

Hand hygiene may feel like a simple, barely consequential health practice. But it has the power to save lives — including in nursing homes, where infections are common. Researchers studied 26 French ...

Hand hygiene is one of the most effective methods of preventing healthcare-associated infections. However, prevention depends on hand hygiene being performed when necessary, and the appropriate ...