Healthcare worker adoption rates of protocols in the World Health Organization’s primary hand hygiene program, My Five Moments for Hand Hygiene, depend on the type of hospital unit, type of ...

Compliance to the World Health Organization’s “five moments” of hand hygiene was only 23.2 percent in a Thai hospital, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 1. Before ...

The effectiveness of the World Health Organization’s My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene method is well-documented, but a new study published in the American Journal of Infection Control calls into question ...

Healthcare workers were more likely to partake in hand-hygiene protocols after contaminating tasks vs critical tasks and before such tasks. Healthcare workers were more likely to perform hand-hygiene ...

The “My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene” approach defines the key moments when healthcare workers should perform hand hygiene, according to the World Health Organization. This evidence-based, field-tested, ...

A recent study shows 80% of healthcare professionals say they would like to improve their hand hygiene compliance. The survey covering more than 1,000 healthcare professionals in five different ...

Physicians and nurses are significantly more likely to comply with handwashing guidelines when they know they are being watched, a new study suggests. The finding, published online July 5 in the ...

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 ...

The World Health Organization’s drive to address the threat of global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has intensified in recent years. There is now a sense of urgency to address what has been described ...

OXFORD University Hospitals are raising awareness ahead of global Hand Hygiene Day on Saturday May 5. The Infection Prevention and Control team are holding a series of events across the NHS Foundation ...

How many lives around the world does hand hygiene save every year? Do you dare to make an estimate? How many more lives could hand hygiene potentially save if it was practiced consistently in every ...

Anesthesia providers had high numbers of hand hygiene (HH) opportunities in the operating room per hour, but low levels of HH compliance, according to a new study. Compliance was lowest during the ...