Here is a summary of six key points from the Veterans Health Administration’s Directive on Hand Hygiene Practices. According to the summary, all healthcare workers who may have direct contact with ...
Five medical organizations are recommending updated best practices for hand hygiene to protect patients and staff in healthcare settings. The recommendations emphasize the importance of healthy skin ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An automated hand hygiene monitoring system increased hand hygiene compliance across all units in a hospital.
University of Michigan Health and Newark Beth Israel Medical Center have increased hand hygiene compliance significantly. The results of two technology-based hand hygiene improvement initiatives were ...
Hospital workers did not improve their compliance with hand hygiene guidelines as a result of a quality improvement intervention using a novel electronic wearable device, a cluster randomized, stepped ...
Memorial Healthcare budgets to implement Intelligent Observations' sensor-driven approach systemwide. As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, a small but growing number of hospitals are investigating or ...
A new study by researchers at GOJO Industries, recently published in the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE), demonstrates healthcare facilities that actively partner with their ...
Health systems spend millions obtaining the latest technology to create state-of-the-art facilities and to build reputations for quality and innovation. But failing to maintain consistency in ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a 30 second application of a six-step hand washing and hand rub regimen that could keep infections away. New research titled, 'Simplifying the WHO ...
GAINESVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HyGreen, Inc. announced today that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, an international leader in the research and treatment of children with cancer and other ...
People can clean both their fingernails and toenails. Usually, this will involve using sterile nail clippers, soap, water, and a soft nail brush to help remove material from under the nail.
(TNS) — In the past, inhouse spies have monitored compliance. In the near future, radio-frequency monitoring will be used. Because at a hospital, an employee with dirty hands can have severe ...