Health systems are constantly working to decrease their rates of hospital-acquired infections. Beyond the obvious patient safety concerns, their bottom lines could depend on it, with new Medicaid ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Gerald Hickson (L) and Dr. Tom Talbot of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. (Photo by Hollis Bennett/Getty Images for Yahoo ...

A new study by researchers at GOJO Industries, recently published in the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE), demonstrates health care facilities that actively partner with ...

The 19-week study, conducted in collaboration with Bispebjerg Hospital in Denmark, used sensors attached to toilet and sink pipes to discreetly monitor handwashing behavior. Findings revealed that ...

As healthcare costs continue to pile up and superbugs raise new concerns, hospital leaders should look to button up their organization’s approach to a seemingly simple task that continues to be ...

A new year is a good time for resolutions, and in 2023, America’s health care providers should follow the example of St. Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center on the South Side. In 2021, this ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly one in 25 patients will contract a healthcare-associated infection. Physicians and healthcare workers, however, have the ability to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An automated hand hygiene monitoring system increased hand hygiene compliance across all units in a hospital.

White Plains Hospital is the first hospital in the New York metropolitan area to use BIOVIGIL, an innovative hand-hygiene system. The system helps prevent Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) by ...

(TNS) — In the past, inhouse spies have monitored compliance. In the near future, radio-frequency monitoring will be used. Because at a hospital, an employee with dirty hands can have severe ...

A new study by researchers at GOJO Industries, recently published in the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE), demonstrates healthcare facilities that actively partner with their ...