The ASC Quality Collaboration offers a free, downloadable sample hand hygiene policy and procedure. Under the draft policy, “all members of the healthcare team will comply with current CDC hand ...

Person in charge failed to control access to food facility by unauthorized persons. Food employee did not follow proper hand-washing procedure - soap and warm water were not used. Food employee donned ...

Although proper hand-washing procedures are the best way to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) while treating patients, a new study reveals hand hygiene itself is only one piece ...

Marco's, 1601 Ebenezer. Violation: Improper cold holding temperatures: 95 Super Mario, 736 N. Broadway. Violation: Improper cold holding temperatures; improper date marking and disposition of food ...

Researchers observed that even during a high-profile norovirus outbreak, students followed recommended hand hygiene procedures just 17 percent of the time. In a self-reported survey after the outbreak ...

Last month, the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) organized the Big Wash, a one-day competition to promote proper hand hygiene procedures among staff. In the 24-hour period of observation, ...

LOS ANGELES - Hand-washing is one of the most effective methods of helping to prevent contraction and spread of the novel coronavirus. But it can be hard to tell if one's hand-scrubbing efforts are ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a 30 second application of a six-step hand washing and hand rub regimen that could keep infections away. New research titled, 'Simplifying the WHO ...

In the realm of frontline healthcare, where the well-being of both patients and healthcare workers hangs in the balance, there is a heightened vulnerability of healthcare workers (HCWs) to ...

Hospital workers did not improve their compliance with hand hygiene guidelines as a result of a quality improvement intervention using a novel electronic wearable device, a cluster randomized, stepped ...

Most of us are aware that frequent hand-washing is a simple, effective means of reducing the transmission of infections, including COVID-19. As a mom and a teacher, I have noticed something worrisome ...