Physician compliance with hand hygiene protocols prior to patient examination may improve when physicians are asked to offer hand sanitizer to patients before washing their hands with the sanitizer ...

A hand hygiene joint project between the Department of Veterans Affairs and 3M produced a number of valuable tools that used the Six Sigma process, including a free, downloadable questionnaire for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As part of a pilot program, patients and visitors performed audits of HCW hand hygiene compliance. During the ...

A recent Cambridge University-led study found evidence that a new app that lets patients watch a video of themselves washing their hands or touching a dirty object could be key to improving obsessive ...

The Canadian Patient Safety Institute offers a free, downloadable hand hygiene surveillance instrument. The surveillance tool was developed by researchers at Yale’s Department of Epidemiology and ...

Encouraging doctors and nurses to wash their hands frequently has always been considered an effective way to curb the spread of infection in hospitals and other health facilities. But a research ...

October 26, 2011 (Boston, Massachusetts) — According to George Bernard Shaw, "the greatest problem in communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished." It appears that this also applies to ...

Patients transfer MDROs to post-acute facilities via their hands The importance of hand hygiene compliance has been drilled into many healthcare workers, but a recent study suggests seniors being ...

Hospitals and clinics face increased flu cases this season, with holiday gatherings amplifying the spread. Experts advise on ...