The ASC Quality Collaboration offers a free, downloadable sample hand hygiene policy and procedure. Under the draft policy, “all members of the healthcare team will comply with current CDC hand ...

The Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors provides two free, downloadable hand hygiene policies developed by Massachusetts hospitals. The policies were developed by and used in ...

Hand hygiene remains a cornerstone of infection prevention in healthcare settings, vital for curtailing the transmission of multidrug‐resistant organisms and reducing the incidence of ...

A new paper in Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that antibiotic resistance may result from poor hygiene practices in hospitals or other medical ...

— -- For doctors and nurses, hand hygiene is supposed to be as intuitive as breathing. But is this behavior really second-nature, or do health care workers need supervision to keep their hand ...

Almost one in two people using a hospital toilet did not wash their hands afterwards, according to new research from the University of Surrey - raising serious concerns about hygiene compliance in ...

Before the outbreak of COVID-19, the use of nose masks and hand gloves was largely limited to specific professions and environments .

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis., Oct. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Each year, Global Handwashing Day shines a spotlight on one of the simplest and most effective public health practices: washing hands with soap and ...

The Staphylococcus bacteria that cause staph infections are with you always, minding their own business as they live on your skin and in your nose, per the Cleveland Clinic. But if they get inside ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — In honor of Global Handwashing Day, the Chesapeake Health Department is sharing the dirty truth about handwashing habits across the United States. Now for the dirty truth; ...