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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As part of a pilot program, patients and visitors performed audits of HCW hand hygiene compliance. During the ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Joint Commission will issue citations to ambulatory care organizations whose employees violate hand hygiene guidelines before providing direct patient care. Here are seven things to know: 1. The ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Six months after implementing BioVigil's electronic hand hygiene solution, an automated way to monitor and measure staff hand hygiene behavior, Griffin ...

GOJO Industries may be best known as the inventor of PURELL Hand Sanitizer, but the Ohio-based company is also a growing digital innovator in public health. In recent years, the company has deployed ...

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 ...