A lack of soap is the most often reported barrier to effective hand hygiene-key to curbing the spread of infection-in shared community spaces, such as households, schools, and public places, finds a ...

When Shanina Knighton began pursuing her doctorate in nursing in 2013, she set out to seek evidence to support a theory. She’d noticed that, during the H1N1 pandemic, patient hand hygiene wasn’t ...

Denmark has topped a list of 10 countries when looking at hand hygiene practices during meal preparation. The rank of countries regarding proper hand hygiene practices was: Denmark, Greece, Norway, ...

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 ...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / May 5, 2025 / Essity / TORK: Supports May 5 World Hand Hygiene Day global initiative led by the World Health Organization (WHO) Tork, an Essity brand and the global ...

New York, NY , April 29, 2024 — The IRC is launching a new crowdsolving challenge in partnership with Wazoku and SeaFreight Labs. The challenge is called “Improving Health Provider Hand Hygiene” and ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In response to market demand for accurate and upgradable hand hygiene compliance monitoring, Vitalacy, Inc., today introduced a new, entry-level SmartBadge to its suite ...

Nurses’ roles in hand hygiene improvement initiatives, videos promoting hand hygiene awareness and the possible role sinks play in spreading germs captured the attention of infection control and ...

Initiative celebrates Global Handwashing Day with the release of a fun and educational curriculum through the market leading-learning management system for schools CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Procter ...