Batman versus Superman. The World Health Organization’s six-step hand hygiene technique versus the CDC’s three-step method. Which is superior? While the debate around the superheroes may never be ...

You can do plenty to help prevent the spread of viral and bacterial infections, including the coronavirus. Getting key vaccinations, such as those for influenza and pneumonia, is important, as is ...

A six-step hand-washing process developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) is more effective than the three-step approach suggested by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a study has ...

Healthcare workers improved their hand-washing technique by using an automated hand hygiene training system in one study published in the American Journal of Infection Control. In the study, nearly ...

Although proper hand-washing procedures are the best way to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) while treating patients, a new study reveals hand hygiene itself is only one piece ...

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, ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of implementing an evidence-based hand washing policy on between-patient hand washing compliance and on blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture rates in a level ...

New infection prevention guidelines, recently issued by several organizations, tackle fingernails, sinks, and cracked hands. Among the recommendations, published in Infection Control & Hospital ...

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