Roughly five years ago Rhode Island Hospital in Providence had a hand hygiene problem. Only 40-50 percent of all hand washing that was supposed to take place was actually happening, and, as a result, ...

(HealthDay News) — Health workers in hospitals wash their hands less often as they near the end of their shift, and this lapse – likely due to mental fatigue – could contribute to hundreds of ...

Patients go to clinics and hospitals hoping to get better. But sometimes they end up getting sick because they pick up infections passed on by doctors and nurses who ...

Hand-washing, patient falls and injuries and collapsed lungs were cited as areas of concern for metro-east area hospitals this autumn, according to a watchdog report released Nov. 16. The Leapfrog ...

New data from Hill-Rom (NYSE: HRC) shows its hand-hygiene compliance system dramatically increases hand washing among hospital staff using the system. Analysis of more than 20 million instances of ...

Doctors, get ready to wash your hands. Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown announced on Tuesday plans for a $100,000 initiative to ensure that hospital employees statewide wash their hands properly. The ...

Researchers translated an informative hand-washing song into 26 different languages to help promote hand hygiene compliance during the pandemic, according to an article published in The Journal of ...

Holy Name Medical Center is deploying AI-powered hand hygiene stations in departments that treat the hospital’s most vulnerable patients. Developed by health care technology company Soapy USA Inc., ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New guidelines for hand-washing in medical facilities, aimed at reducing health care- associated infections, ...

It’s one of the simplest steps in stopping germs from spreading – but nearly half of hospital toilet users are failing to wash their hands, a new study has found. Researchers at the University of ...