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 ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (Sept. 16, 2009) – A wireless, credit-card-sized sensor that can detect whether health care workers have properly washed their hands upon entering a patient's room is being studied at ...

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 ...