A nurse’s Facebook rant about the “cesspool of funky flu” in emergency room waiting areas is getting a lot of attention.“Wash your stinking hands,” Katherine Lockler says in a six-minute video that’s ...

Researchers tracked alcohol-based handrub use for six months through an electronic hand hygiene monitoring system. Hand hygiene product use and total hours worked were calculated for staff to ...

Kontakt.io is offering its hand hygiene solution with rewards offered for compliance so that healthcare workers treat handwashing similar to exercising with fitness trackers. Several hospitals are ...

The use of examination gloves in hospitals may present a barrier to hand hygiene, especially among nurses, according to a study cited by Healio. According to the World Health Organization, examination ...

A nurse's Facebook rant about the "cesspool of funky flu" in emergency room waiting areas is getting a lot of attention. According to Katherine Lockler, 25 to 30 people often sit for hours in hospital ...

Hygiene practices have come a long way since the CDC first published national hygiene guidelines in the 1980s. With so much to keep track of, a nurse leader summarized some of the latest practice ...

Job burnout reduces hand washing compliance among nurses, according to a study in the Journal of Patient Safety. Here are three things you need to know: 1. In the diary study, 40 registered nurses ...