Here are 10 things ambulatory surgery centers should know about proper hand hygiene, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings. 1 ...

Nancy Burden, director of ambulatory surgery for BayCare Health System, describes how her ASC has worked to improve hand hygiene.Proper hand hygiene is an essential component of safe care. It has ...

And you thought you mastered hand-washing as a kid. More than 50 percent of illness can be prevented with proper hand washing, according to the CDC. STOCK4B/Getty Images — -- intro: Everyone ...

Research has shown that many harmful diseases spread due to a lack of proper hand hygiene. Thereby, washing hands could effectively prevent the spread of infections. One can spread germs, i.e., ...

Poor hand-washing is among the factors contributing to the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant infections, according to a recent report issued by the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance. The AMR is a ...

Whether it's thwarting a food-borne illness, halting the spread of cold germs or preventing a bout of the flu, good hand washing can help. The importance of hand washing has been highlighted in recent ...

Every year, May 5 marks World Hand Hygiene Day, an initiative by the World Health Organization (WHO) to remind everyone—from healthcare professionals to the general public—about the critical role that ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Everyone knows that they are supposed to wash their hands after using the toilet, but does that advice only apply when using a public toilet? Since whatever came out of the person is ...

Practicing good hand hygiene – washing our hands well and frequently – is crucial to helping us stay healthy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advises using soap and water and ...

Thorough handwashing with soap and water is an immediate preventative measure for the spread of bacteria and viruses. “Wash your hands.” You probably heard it thousands of times growing up. Even as an ...

As we get back into the world and the germs that inhabit it, we shouldn’t drop the hand-washing habits so many us adopted in the Covid era. By Jane E. Brody After a year of obsessive 20-second ...