Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — Reducing the nurse-to-patient ratio to 1:1 yielded the most significant decreases in transmission of ...

Efforts to improve hand hygiene at health organizations must include nurses, according to an article at Becker's Hospital Review. Hospitals have long understood the importance of hand-hygiene ...

Four nurse-led interventions helped increase hand hygiene compliance by approximately 66 percent in six months at a Chinese hospital, according to a study in the American Journal of Infection Control.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Evidence has suggested that inappropriate use of examination gloves was a significant cause of missed [hand ...

The use of examination gloves in hospitals may present a barrier to hand hygiene, especially among nurses, according to a study cited by Healio. According to the World Health Organization, examination ...

Health system is focusing on new technology and new innovations to improve patient safety, quality director says. Although observations showed a 90% hand hygiene compliance across the health system ...

They study revealed nurses had an average burden of 55 hand hygiene opportunities per 24 hours, or 27 hand hygiene opportunities per shift. This is roughly three times higher than the burden ...

The Hand Hygiene Resource Centers offers two free, downloadable PowerPoint presentations designed to educate healthcare providers on hand hygiene. The presentations are separately catered to clinical ...

World Hand Hygiene Day will be celebrated on 5 May 2020. This year’s campaign theme, “SAVE LIVES: Clean your hands”, aligns with the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. The campaign aims ...

A new study suggests medical staff in Australian hospitals consistently fail to meet compliance standards for the National Hand Hygiene Initiative. The study found that only 66% of hospital doctors ...