Efforts to improve hand hygiene at health organizations must include nurses, according to an article at Becker's Hospital Review. Hospitals have long understood the importance of hand-hygiene ...

They study revealed nurses had an average burden of 55 hand hygiene opportunities per 24 hours, or 27 hand hygiene opportunities per shift. This is roughly three times higher than the burden ...

If there is one group of clinicians that is particularly pivotal to the success of any quality improvement initiatives — including though regarding hand hygiene compliance — it’s the nurses who work ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Evidence has suggested that inappropriate use of examination gloves was a significant cause of missed [hand ...

(HealthDay News) — A multifaceted intervention can improve hand hygiene compliance among emergency nurses and technicians, according to a study published in the March issue of the Journal of Emergency ...

Health system is focusing on new technology and new innovations to improve patient safety, quality director says. Although observations showed a 90% hand hygiene compliance across the health system ...

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 ...

Combined with constant hand-washing and sanitizing, the donning of gloves can lead to dry, itchy skin, which can result in less hand washing and sanitizing because of irritated skin. In fact, a recent ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. & DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To raise awareness of the deadly risks associated with poor hand hygiene and encourage best practices among nurses and other healthcare professionals, the ...

Kontakt.io is offering its hand hygiene solution with rewards offered for compliance so that healthcare workers treat handwashing similar to exercising with fitness trackers. Several hospitals are ...

A new study suggests medical staff in Australian hospitals consistently fail to meet compliance standards for the National Hand Hygiene Initiative. The study found that only 66% of hospital doctors ...