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 ...

A new study examined some 16,000 households based the U.K. during the winter influenza season and correlate hand washing rates with incidences of viral infection. The survey found that across all ...

A national watchdog group recently scored some central Pennsylvania hospitals below average for several safety metrics, including hand washing, infection and having specially trained doctors care for ...

To view the full study, click here. More articles on infection control: ‘Distancing isn’t helping you’: Indoor COVID-19 exposure risk same at 6, 60 feet, MIT researcher says 20 infected in COVID-19 ...

Though Leapfrog’s report outlines a sevenfold increase in hand-washing compliance, the group noted that 559 of its surveyed hospitals did not meet its bar and are “potentially exposing hundreds of ...

Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage than loading CBC Lite story pages. Handwashing is one of the most important measures health care workers can take to prevent the spread ...

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 ...