Healthcare worker compliance with the World Health Organization’s six steps of using hand rub to completely cover hands pales in comparison to their compliance with WHO’s Five Moments for Hand Hygiene ...

Healthcare workers improved their hand-washing technique by using an automated hand hygiene training system in one study published in the American Journal of Infection Control. In the study, nearly ...

A World Health Organization-endorsed six-step hand hygiene technique using alcohol-based hand sanitizer gel is more effective at removing bacteria than a three-step technique that the CDC recommends, ...

Johns Hopkins provides two free, downloadable posters used to remind healthcare workers about the importance of proper hand hygiene technique. The posters, both titled “Hand Hygiene: How’s Your ...

Hand hygiene is the single most effective thing healthcare workers can do to reduce the spread of infectious diseases, but there is limited evidence on which technique is most effective. WHO ...

The World Health Organization has released a new report, “Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care,” which target administrators, public health officials and healthcare workers. When it comes to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “The technique for the use of hand rub outlined in the WHO guidelines consists of six steps to ensure entire ...

Hand hygiene is one of the simplest and most effective ways to prevent the spread of infections and diseases. Despite its importance, many myths exist, such as that using only water is enough or that ...

New research demonstrates that the six-step hand-hygiene technique recommended by the World Health Organization is superior to a three-step method suggested by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

Portable thermal imaging could help monitor and assess the quality of hand hygiene technique used among health professionals, according to US researchers. Findings, published in the American Journal ...