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 ...

Researchers translated an informative hand-washing song into 26 different languages to help promote hand hygiene compliance during the pandemic, according to an article published in The Journal of ...

Hand-washing adherence is on the up-and-up as more hospitals are holding their leadership accountable for hand hygiene, patient safety watchdog The Leapfrog Group reports. Since it began collecting ...

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) & rotavirus (RO) cause significant illness in infants & toddlers & account for many pediatric winter admissions. Since both viruses are nosocomially spread via ...

Infection control continues to top the list of survey deficiencies for long-term care facilities with overall safety environment running a close second. Newly released data pinpoints areas where most ...