Dunedin Hospital in New Zealand conducted a hand hygiene audit to find that just half of the staff was actually washing their hands using traditional methods or with an antimicrobial agent.
Hospitals Compromise on Hand Hygiene Because of Latex Gloves
Gloves wearing healthcare workers compromise on cleaning their hands before and after patient contact, a recent study states.
Gloves wearing healthcare workers compromise on cleaning their hands before and after patient contact, a recent study states.
Source-Medindia
Hand Hygiene in the Emergency Department
Bed location and type of healthcare worker performing care result in poorer hand hygiene practice in the emergency department, finds study.
Bed location and type of healthcare worker performing care result in poorer hand hygiene practice in the emergency department, finds study.
Hand Hygiene Knowledge and Infection Risk in Hospitals and Elementary Schools
Two studies say that increased hand hygiene knowledge positively correlates with a decreased risk of transmitting infection
Two studies say that increased hand hygiene knowledge positively correlates with a decreased risk of transmitting infection
World Hand Hygiene Day
The WHO has once again emphasized the point of clean hands both in homes as well as in hospitals ahead of the third World Hand Hygiene Day on May 5.
The WHO has once again emphasized the point of clean hands both in homes as well as in hospitals ahead of the third World Hand Hygiene Day on May 5.
