According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly one in 25 patients will contract a healthcare-associated infection. Physicians and healthcare workers, however, have the ability to ...

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has released a free-to-download guide to hand hygiene programs. The “Guide to Hand Hygiene Programs for Infection Prevention” is ...

If you would like to recommend another organization for this list, contact Anuja Vaidya at avaidya@beckershealthcare.com. Pinnacle III. Pinacle III-managed facilities follow the Centers for Disease ...

Expert guidance released today offers updated evidence reviews and recommendations for hand hygiene in healthcare facilities. The guidance is featured in the August issue of Infection Control and ...

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 ...

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 9, 2014 – UPMC Presbyterian Hospital's infection prevention teams have improved hand washing and sanitizing compliance at the hospital to nearly 100 percent among clinical staff ...

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, ...

To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine the views of senior hospital managers' perspectives and suggestions for strategies to address hand hygiene non-compliance in the acute care setting ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The hands of newly admitted patients are commonly contaminated with multidrug-resistant organisms, or MDROs, ...

Patient and visitor hand hygiene is often overlooked in the hand hygiene programs of many healthcare facilities. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hand hygiene is ...

CHICAGO (July 16, 2014) – Expert guidance released today offers updated evidence reviews and recommendations for hand hygiene in healthcare facilities. The guidance is featured in the August issue of ...

Hospital infection prevention teams have improved hand washing and sanitizing compliance at the hospital to nearly 100 percent among clinical staff through accountability and educational measures. In ...