1. Give patients hand sanitizer upon their arrival at the hospital and check in periodically to make sure they use it. 2. Pay special attention to hand hygiene at the end of shifts, as this is when ...

On the occasion of World Hand Hygiene Day today, learn about the six simple things you can do on a daily basis to prevent exposure to germs, and stay disease-free, by maintaining hand hygiene. Besides ...

The work was supported by grants from the Wenner-Gren Foundations, the Royal Physiographic Society of Lund (the Fund of the Hedda and John Forssman Foundation), the Sten K Johnsson Foundation, the ...

World Hand Hygiene Day is observed on the 5th of May every year and it aims to promote the importance of hand hygiene in preventing the spread of infection and promote good health. The theme for this ...

1. Wet hands with water.2. Apply soap and rub hands together.3. Rinse hands with waterThat’s all there is to hand hygiene, right? Well, in healthcare settings, there’s a little more to it than that.

World Hand Hygiene Day serves as a timely reminder that something as simple as handwashing can be an effective defence against infections—not just during pandemics, but also during seasonal health ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of articles in which we will bring in an expert to address some of the misinformation we have read in various social ...