In a recent press release, HSHS St. Anthony’s was recently recognized by a number of organizations for its performance excellence and patient safety. They were recently named one of the Top 100 Rural ...

ATLANTA, Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- GP PRO, a division of Georgia-Pacific and leading innovator of advanced dispensing and smart monitoring solutions, has released the results of its latest hand ...

It’s been more than 150 years since Ignaz Semmelweis, the so-called “father of hand hygiene,” highlighted the benefits of handwashing among healthcare workers, and yet there’s still room for ...

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.

Today’s leaders of healthcare facilities are faced with the difficult challenge of convincing patients that it’s safe to return to critical and elective care. Patients are seeking assurances that ...

Here are 10 things ambulatory surgery centers should know about proper hand hygiene, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings. 1 ...

The HSE’s national "RESIST" hand hygiene campaign had a demonstration launch recently in the Enniscorthy Primary Care Centre to mark their participation in the campaign. The HSE Dublin and South East ...

What's the best way to teach kids about good hygiene? A science experiment, of course! Amanda Lorenzo, a pre-kindergarten teacher in the Miami-Dade County Public School district, found the best way to ...

When patients remind doctors about hand hygiene it improves compliance rates, but physicians don't necessarily welcome the suggestion. And overall, physicians said they would prefer a patient make the ...

— -- 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 ...

The majority of germs that cause serious infections in humans are transmitted by people’s actions. One of the effective means to prevent these infections is by practicing good hand hygiene. Several ...