1. Give patients hand sanitizer upon their arrival at the hospital and check in periodically to make sure they use it. 2. Pay special attention to hand hygiene at the end of shifts, as this is when ...

Text messaging via smartphones can help increase hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers, a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control found. Researchers studied the use of ...

World Hand Hygiene Day is observed on the 5th of May every year and it aims to promote the importance of hand hygiene in preventing the spread of infection and promote good health. The theme for this ...

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 ...

Hand washing is the single most effective way to reduce the spread of infections and contamination. Although common knowledge, it has taken a global pandemic to reinforce a practice as simple as ...

As the world approaches World Hand Hygiene Day on May 5, the World Health Organization (WHO) has emphasized that hand hygiene is not just a luxury but a fundamental element of safe and effective ...

The work was supported by grants from the Wenner-Gren Foundations, the Royal Physiographic Society of Lund (the Fund of the Hedda and John Forssman Foundation), the Sten K Johnsson Foundation, the ...

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 ...