KENS

The importance of hand hygiene | Wear the Gown

SAN ANTONIO — Hand hygiene is one of the most effective ways to prevent transmitting bacteria and viruses from ourselves to other people. But are you doing it correctly and at the right times? What if ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Patient, physician co-washing may boost hand hygiene compliance

Physician compliance with hand hygiene protocols prior to patient examination may improve when physicians are asked to offer hand sanitizer to patients before washing their hands with the sanitizer ...
JSTOR Daily

Associations Between Hand Hygiene Education and Self-Reported Hand-Washing Behaviors Among Korean Adults During MERS-CoV Outbreak

Background. Hand washing is an effective way to prevent transmission of infectious diseases. Education and promotional materials about hand washing may change individuals’ awareness toward hand ...
Chicago Tribune

Doctors and nurses clean their hands only half as much as they should. Now some Chicago-area hospitals are having them wear tracking technology to keep tabs.

Running from patient room to patient room, it can be surprisingly easy for doctors and nurses to forget to wash their hands, especially if they’re dealing with an emergency. Hospitals have been ...
The Atlantic

The Great Pandemic Hand-Washing Blooper

Way back in the early, whirlwind days of the pandemic, surfaces were the thing to worry about. The prevailing scientific wisdom was that the coronavirus spread mainly via large droplets, which fell ...
STAT

In a pandemic, hospital staffers need to get better at hand-washing

After visiting Ellis Island in 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt noted the lack of hand-washing by doctors and wrote the Public Health Service that he was “struck by the way doctors made the ...
Philadelphia Tribune

Tips To Be Fit: Washing hands maintains good overall hygiene

Washing your hands is one of the simplest yet most effective ways to maintain good hygiene, prevent infections and safeguard public health. Hand washing is a fundamental aspect of hygiene that plays a ...
CONTRACTOR

Bradley’s Healthy Handwashing Survey Finds Women Lead the Way in Hand Hygiene

MENOMONEE FALLS, WI — In recognition of World Hand Hygiene Day on May 5, Bradley Company is sharing new findings from its annual Healthy Handwashing Survey™. Specifically, it reveals notable ...
Marin Independent Journal

Yes, we should keep washing our hands during the pandemic

People were washing their hands so much early in the pandemic that sensitive skin and soap shortages were common problems in 2020. All this focus on hand-washing was for good reason. The science ...
Medicine Buffalo

From Hand-Washing Hygiene to Radiation Disasters, UB Researchers Mark National Public Health Week

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- National Public Health Week, April 2-6, will be observed by the University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions with two seminars that are free and open to the ...
Bournemouth Daily Echo

Six hand washing myths debunked by food hygiene expert

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