Adhering to hand hygiene practices improves patient safety and outcomes, with the hand hygiene market likely to expand, according to a Transparency Market Research report. 1. World Health Organization ...

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 ...

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 ...

Utilizing “persistent” hand sanitizers and surface disinfectants, which continually fight bacteria for long periods of time, could help drive down infection rates, patient length-of-stay and hospital ...