This story was updated to include additional information on the violations. BRIGHTON TWP. — A series of hand-washing and infection control violations left residents in nine of 11 nursing units at ...

Today's Google Doodle depicts Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian physician and "father of infection control," widely recognized as the first person to realize the medical benefits of handwashing. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New guidelines for hand-washing in medical facilities, aimed at reducing health care- associated infections, ...

Handwashing in clinical settings prior to putting on gloves may not actually be the best policy for infection prevention, a new study has found. Hand hygiene is important, but past research has ...

A national watchdog group recently scored some southwestern Illinois hospitals below average for safety metrics, including infections, communication and hand washing. The Leapfrog Group is a nonprofit ...

The last thing healthcare workers want to send their patients home with is another illness. And there's nothing more effective at controlling infections in health care facilities than proper hand ...

Two nurses at Central Texas Veterans Health Care System designed a flu pandemic escape room that led to an increase in hand-washing and flu vaccine acceptance at the Temple-based organization. Gracia ...

Some hospitals in central Pennsylvania recently scored below average for safe medication administration and other safety metrics in a new watchdog report. Cecilie_Arcurs Getty Images A national ...

Effective handwashing can reduce up to a third of infections and is an important line of defence against community and hospital-acquired infection, including Covid-19. Young children are particularly ...

A national watchdog group recently scored some central Pennsylvania hospitals below average for several safety metrics, including hand washing, infection and having specially trained doctors care for ...