Hand hygiene remains a cornerstone of infection prevention in healthcare settings, vital for curtailing the transmission of multidrug‐resistant organisms and reducing the incidence of ...

Handwashing in clinical settings prior to putting on gloves may not actually be the best policy for infection prevention, a new study has found. Hand hygiene is important, but past research has ...

Among 13 hospital units including nearly 3,800 healthcare providers, adherence to expected practice was greater among the units asked to directly glove without hand hygiene compared with the units ...

Some evidence shows hospital infection preventionists may be able to spend less time monitoring hand hygiene, according to a study published Dec. 19 in the American Journal of Infection Control.

DrBicuspid.com is pleased to publish this column by Louis DePaola, DDS, on the principles of infection control for handpieces. The handpiece is arguably one of the most essential devices found in a ...

A seismic demographic shift is afoot, with older adults expected to outnumber children by the year 2034 for the first time in U.S. history. This will result in higher demand for long-term care ...

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement, in collaboration with the CDC, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America, ...

Some hospitals in central Pennsylvania recently scored below average for safe medication administration and other safety metrics in a new watchdog report. Cecilie_Arcurs Getty Images A national ...

— -- For doctors and nurses, hand hygiene is supposed to be as intuitive as breathing. But is this behavior really second-nature, or do health care workers need supervision to keep their hand ...

A national watchdog group recently scored some central Pennsylvania hospitals below average for several safety metrics, including hand washing, infection and having specially trained doctors care for ...