Johns Hopkins Medicine has developed a number of free, downloadable resources to help improve hand hygiene at its organizations, with one such resource a hand hygiene observations form. The form ...

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement, in collaboration with the CDC, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America, ...

The Electronic Hand-hygiene Compliance Organization is the newest kid on the block in the hand hygiene advocacy sector. This newly formed alliance between eight U.S.-based hand hygiene solution ...

Memorial Healthcare budgets to implement Intelligent Observations' sensor-driven approach systemwide. As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, a small but growing number of hospitals are investigating or ...

A Maryland health coalition has launched what has been nicknamed the "secret shopper" hospital project in which teams of unidentified employees will monitor colleagues' hand hygiene each time they ...

Hand hygiene (HH) monitoring in hospitals could be reduced significantly, allowing infection preventionists to redirect efforts toward quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, according to ...

A fluorescence test method was used to visually evaluate handwashing efficacy. Difficult-to-clean areas on skin such as skin folds and webbing between fingers were identified; specific washing ...

Hand hygiene is one of the most effective, affordable and universal tools we have to prevent the transmission of infections and provide high-quality, clean and safe medical care. While medical gloves ...

A group of senior infection control nurses have come together with patient groups to try and prevent the loss of progress made on hand hygiene over the past decade. Subscribe today for unlimited ...

The Electronic Hand-hygiene Compliance Organization is the newest kid on the block in the hand hygiene advocacy sector. This newly formed alliance between eight U.S.-based hand hygiene solution ...