Healthcare worker compliance with the World Health Organization’s six steps of using hand rub to completely cover hands pales in comparison to their compliance with WHO’s Five Moments for Hand Hygiene ...

Healthcare workers improved their hand-washing technique by using an automated hand hygiene training system in one study published in the American Journal of Infection Control. In the study, nearly ...

Hand hygiene compliance could be improved by using alcohol-based hand rub for 15-seconds with a simple three-step technique that is as effective in reducing bacteria as the 30-second application with ...

Johns Hopkins provides two free, downloadable posters used to remind healthcare workers about the importance of proper hand hygiene technique. The posters, both titled "Hand Hygiene: How's Your ...

A World Health Organization-endorsed six-step hand hygiene technique using alcohol-based hand sanitizer gel is more effective at removing bacteria than a three-step technique that the CDC recommends, ...

Hand hygiene is the single most effective thing healthcare workers can do to reduce the spread of infectious diseases, but there is limited evidence on which technique is most effective. WHO ...

The World Health Organization has released a new report, “Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care,” which target administrators, public health officials and healthcare workers. When it comes to ...

Hand hygiene is regarded as the most important intervention to reduce healthcare-associated infections, but there is limited evidence on which hand-washing technique is most effective. New research ...

In a clinical setting, a three-step hand hygiene protocol resulted in higher compliance with both hand hygiene technique and indications compared with the six-step method endorsed by WHO, according to ...

Portable thermal imaging could help monitor and assess the quality of hand hygiene technique used among health professionals, according to US researchers. Findings, published in the American Journal ...