Good hand hygiene is crucial to help prevent healthcare-associated infections. This article, the final part in a six-part series discusses the principles of hand hygiene and the procedure for cleaning ...

But this study -- and many others -- indicate that while the principle of hand hygiene is simple, human behavior is one of the hardest things to change. The researchers at SCVMC had two types of ...

Six months after implementing BioVigil's electronic hand hygiene solution, an automated way to monitor and measure staff hand hygiene behavior, Griffin Hospital has strengthened its commitment to the ...

But while healthcare providers should be taking the lead on hand hygiene compliance initiatives, patients also play a critical role in helping prevent infections by following the same principles ...

When a conversation leaves you unsettled, it typically means that a personal principle or value has ... Take, for example, the challenge of hand hygiene. Healthcare acquired infections now have ...

Every year on May 5, the World Health Organization (WHO) runs a World Hand Hygiene Day campaign to promote the use of hand hygiene in healthcare facilities and beyond Hand hygiene is one of the ...

Diarrheal diseases and pneumonia, responsible for 1.4 million child deaths under age 5, emphasize the importance of hand hygiene. The week serves as a reminder for all, including medical ...

Hand hygiene is a widely accepted principle in the prevention of disease transmission,” Chandler W. Rundle, MD, of the department of dermatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus ...

Hand hygiene is central to stopping Covid-19 from spreading by contact transmission, which occurs via routes such as touching a contaminated surface and then your face. Since around 1850 ...

In recent years, the company has deployed about 25,000 connected dispensers that help more than a hundred health care facilities monitor hand hygiene, a simple, effective way to prevent infections.

"The Planetree principles encourage the use of data to ensure safe, accessible, high-quality care, which BioVigil provides through accurate measurement of hand hygiene compliance." Since ...