The Joint Commission announced that starting Jan. 1 if surveyors observe any individual failures to perform hand hygiene in the process of direct patient care, it will be cited as a deficiency. The ...

Machine learning technology that enables real-time hand hygiene notification can help improve compliance in outpatient settings, according to a study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection.

Despite significant changes in infection prevention practices since the introduction of the CMS Conditions for Coverage requirements, hand hygiene practices continue to be inconsistent and fall short ...

PHILADELPHIA, PA., May 21, 2024 /CSRwire/ – Tork, an Essity brand, was proud to once again recognize and participate in World Hand Hygiene Day on May 5th, an initiative by the World Health ...

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 ...

Two acute-care health systems have substantially improved employee hand hygiene compliance using technology that pinpoints missed opportunities and improves accountability. That’s according to ...

One of the most common causes of preventable health care-associated infections is poor hand hygiene. iScrub Lite 1.5, an iPhone and iPod touch application developed at the University of Iowa, makes ...

(NBC) — New research from the University of Iowa shows many workers in hospital ICU’s don’t perform proper hand hygiene. They found workers were less likely to clean their hands, when moving from ...

MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. -- In an effort to keep patients, staff and the entire local community safe from the spread of COVID-19, Madigan Army Medical Center has ...