A hand hygiene video from Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center won the sixth annual Film Festival at the 43rd Annual Conference of the Association for Professionals in ...

When healthcare professionals are aware they’re being observed, they’re significantly more likely to comply with hand hygiene guidelines, according to a study presented at the 43rd Annual Conference ...

Kaiser Permanente, in its Nursing Pathways Infection Prevention Plus Measures Toolkit, provides links to two free, online videos focusing on hand hygiene. The first video, “Hands,” was produced by ...

The non-profit organization Consumers Advancing Patient Safety has posted a video on how failing to adhere to simple measures, such as hand hygiene, can dramatically affect patients’ lives. The hand ...

Dancing docs use "Pump It" parody to raise awareness of hospital infections. June 27, 2011— -- The dancing docs of Paradise Valley are using a video with an infectious beat to remind colleagues ...

Hand hygiene is crucial for preventing the spread of infections, including respiratory illnesses and drug-resistant superbugs, especially in healthcare settings. Proper handwashing techniques, using ...

A Billings Clinic video on hand hygiene has been selected as a finalist in the “It’s In Your Hands” YouTube video contest for perioperative professionals.

The majority of germs that cause serious infections in humans are transmitted by people’s actions. One of the effective means to prevent these infections is by practicing good hand hygiene. Several ...

Hospitals still largely rely on manual methods to track hand hygiene despite the prevalence of available electronic technologies to monitor cleanliness, a new DebMed survey found, but a growing number ...

Importance of washing hands: Since childhood, people are taught to wash their hands and maintain some amount of hygiene, for it can keep infections and illnesses away. The habit of handwashing has ...

As the world approaches World Hand Hygiene Day on May 5, the World Health Organization (WHO) has emphasized that hand hygiene is not just a luxury but a fundamental element of safe and effective ...

Hand hygiene is one of the most effective, affordable and universal tools we have to prevent the transmission of infections and provide high-quality, clean and safe medical care. While medical gloves ...