The World Health Organization provides a free, downloadable brochure focused on the “why, how and when” of hand hygiene. The seven-page “Hand Hygiene Why, How and When Brochure” includes step-by-step ...

The CDC, with support from the CDC Foundation and Kimberly-Clark Corp., have developed a free, downloadable brochure on hand hygiene for patients. The brochure answers questions about why hand hygiene ...

Sequential hand hygiene-promoting interventions, such as an education program, screen saver messages and an infection prevention week, can lead to a sustained low rate of nosocomial bloodstream ...

The challenge of improving hand hygiene compliance in hospitals to prevent healthcare-associated infections is not confined to within the borders of the United States. Hospitals in countries all over ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hand hygiene is described by many health care workers as the single most important tool in preventing the spread ...

Hygiene promotion is the most cost-effective health action to reduce diseases according to the World Bank. Latest statistics dated 2020 show 2.3 billion people lacked access to basic hygiene services ...

HAND hygiene is a life saver. Clean hands save lives. This is the message to Nigerians on this year’s global Hand Hygiene Day on October 15, with the theme “Raise a Hand for Hygiene”, The argument for ...

In the realm of frontline healthcare, where the well-being of both patients and healthcare workers hangs in the balance, there is a heightened vulnerability of healthcare workers (HCWs) to ...

Every year, May 5 marks World Hand Hygiene Day, an initiative by the World Health Organization (WHO) to remind everyone—from healthcare professionals to the general public—about the critical role that ...

Before the 2003 epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome, the prevalence of HA-MRSA in Taiwan increased from 26.7% in 1990 to 60% in 1998–2000, 6 then increased to 53–83% in 2003. 7 Interestingly ...

To curb healthcare-associated infections and strengthen public health systems, experts and government officials are advocating for hand hygiene to be institutionalised as a national culture, not ...