Washing your hands -- it's a ritual you do so often, you probably don't think much about it anymore. However, skimping on the basics could be costing your practice patients, according to a ...
Dr. Gerald Hickson had two primary concerns after his wife’s double-knee replacement operation at Vanderbilt University Hospital in July 2008: making sure she received appropriate pain control and ...
In the ongoing battle against hospital-acquired infections, hospitals continue to look for ways to increase hand hygiene compliance among their staff members. (Lisa DeJong/The Plain Dealer) CLEVELAND, ...
Hand-washing temporarily spiked during pandemic, Chicago hospital finds Hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers at the University of Chicago Medical Center soared early in the pandemic, but ...
Researchers translated an informative hand-washing song into 26 different languages to help promote hand hygiene compliance during the pandemic, according to an article published in The Journal of ...
Hanna, D. et al (2009) The role played by a range of psychological variables in nurses’ handwashing behaviour. Nursing Times; 105: 41, early online publication. Background: Psychological models of ...
Introduction Infection control is a key part of the nurse’s role and handwashing is one of the most effective ways to prevent germ transfer: when done well, it can prevent up to a third of infections ...
Today's Google Doodle depicts Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian physician and "father of infection control," widely recognized as the first person to realize the medical benefits of handwashing. The ...
Ann R. Falsey , MD, Mary M. Criddle , RN, John E. Kolassa , PhD, Robert M. McCann , MD, Christine A. Brower , BS and William J. Hall , MD ABSTRACT To decrease respiratory infections in senior day care ...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - You want to reduce the incidence of infection in schools. And, according to a study in the American Journal of Infection Control, there is a good way to make it happen. A ...
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 ...
Many efforts to implement best practices in healthcare settings concede one fundamental universal truth: Successful change doesn’t happen in a vacuum. When it comes to implementing infection control ...