The Institute for Healthcare Improvement, in collaboration with the CDC, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America, ...

Increased hand hygiene knowledge positively correlates with a decreased risk of transmitting infection among both healthcare workers and elementary school children, according to two studies. Increased ...

A study published in the August issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, correlates ...

RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Healthcare workers who know more about hand hygiene are less likely to transmit infections at work, U.S. researchers say. Anne McLaughlin, assistant professor of ...

The study found that health care workers perceived surfaces as safer to touch than patient skin, in spite of research that has proven touching one contaminated surface can spread bacteria to up to the ...

Fewer than 25% of medical students during their first clinical year knew all indications for hand hygiene, according to researchers from Germany. “We need to teach medical staff — especially medical ...

Healthcare professionals are exposed to pathogens frequently throughout the day – whether through close contact with patients or interaction with high touch surfaces such as doorknobs, bedrails, or ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Health care workers may be unaware of the infection risk inherent in direct contact with various surfaces, ...

Washington, DC, August 4, 2011 -- Increased hand hygiene knowledge positively correlates with a decreased risk of transmitting infection among both healthcare workers (HCW) and elementary school ...