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Doctor in Nigeria and MSU professor join hands to reduce infant mortality

A doctor in Nigeria and a professor at Michigan State University have teamed up to reduce infant mortality in the African nation.

23 Aug 2017

Patient empowerment may be effective strategy to improve physicians’ hand hygiene adherence

Armed with new tools, patients and parents felt empowered to remind healthcare providers to perform hand hygiene, successfully improving compliance rates, but just over half of physicians felt that patients should be reminding providers, according to a new study published in the August issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official journal of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

17 Aug 2017

New water safety program streamlines processes to help healthcare providers reduce Legionella risk

Nalco Water, an Ecolab company, has introduced a comprehensive water safety program to help hospitals and long-term care facilities meet new requirements to reduce Legionella risk.

9 Aug 2017

Healthcare providers rarely perform stethoscope hygiene between patient encounters

You can lead a doctor to disinfection, but how do you get them to clean…or wipe ….or swab a stethoscope?

18 Jul 2017

New technology can help fight against antimicrobial resistance

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem, as some infections that used to be easily cured are now immune to even our most powerful antibiotics.

4 Jul 2017

Even perfect hand hygiene practice can spread MRSA in NICU babies

Even if hospital workers practice perfect hand hygiene, MRSA can still spread among babies in the NICU, according to new research led by a Drexel University researcher.

29 Jun 2017

Analysis identifies significant gaps in infection prevention practices in long-term care facilities

While nearly 400,000 residents of long-term care facilities die as a result of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), these facilities continue to lack the resources, including qualified personnel, necessary to implement adequate infection control programs, according to research presented at the 44th Annual Conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology

14 Jun 2017

Handshake-free zone: keep those hands — and germs — to yourself in the hospital

Dr. Mark Sklansky, a self-described germaphobe, can't stop thinking about how quickly those little microbes can spread.

31 May 2017

Cool water removes same amount of harmful bacteria as hot, study finds

We all know that washing our hands can keep us from spreading germs and getting sick. But a new Rutgers-New Brunswick study found that cool water removes the same amount of harmful bacteria as hot.

30 May 2017

WHO launches global initiative to reduce medication-related harm in next 5 years

WHO today launched a global initiative to reduce severe, avoidable medication-associated harm in all countries by 50% over the next 5 years.

30 Mar 2017

Hospital grading system may put too much weight on wrong things, study finds

When a child brings home a report card from school, part of their grade comes from how often they made it to class or turned in homework. But the larger part comes from how they did on tests, in class and on take-home assignments. In other words, how much they've learned, or how hard they're trying.

28 Mar 2017

Antimicrobial copper products for patient safety to be displayed at Arab Health

Antimicrobial copper products with proven efficacy against a broad range of pathogens currently challenging patient safety will be on show at Arab Health this January, presented by leading companies from around the world.

18 Jan 2017

Common viruses pose serious challenges in long-term care facilities

A widespread outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (HMPV) at a long-term dementia care ward infected 73 percent of patients, demonstrating the serious challenges in mitigating the spread of infectious diseases in such settings.

10 Jan 2017

New study from Veterans Health Administration finds significant decline in MRSA HAI rates

The Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Health Administration's campaign to limit healthcare facility-associated infections (HAIs) of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) continues to make significant progress, according to a study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official journal of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology .

6 Jan 2017

Restaurants not effective in communicating risks of eating undercooked meat to customers, study shows

Front-line staff, such as servers in restaurants, are often trusted with providing customers with food safety information regarding their meals.

1 Dec 2016

Study highlights need to increase handwashing compliance among child care workers

Child care personnel properly clean their hands less than a quarter of the times they are supposed to, according to a study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official journal of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

29 Nov 2016

Hand Hygiene News and Research

Doctor in Nigeria and MSU professor join hands to reduce infant mortality

Patient empowerment may be effective strategy to improve physicians’ hand hygiene adherence

New water safety program streamlines processes to help healthcare providers reduce Legionella risk

Healthcare providers rarely perform stethoscope hygiene between patient encounters

New technology can help fight against antimicrobial resistance

Even perfect hand hygiene practice can spread MRSA in NICU babies

Analysis identifies significant gaps in infection prevention practices in long-term care facilities

Handshake-free zone: keep those hands — and germs — to yourself in the hospital

Cool water removes same amount of harmful bacteria as hot, study finds

WHO launches global initiative to reduce medication-related harm in next 5 years

Hospital grading system may put too much weight on wrong things, study finds

Antimicrobial copper products for patient safety to be displayed at Arab Health

Common viruses pose serious challenges in long-term care facilities

New study from Veterans Health Administration finds significant decline in MRSA HAI rates

Restaurants not effective in communicating risks of eating undercooked meat to customers, study shows

Study highlights need to increase handwashing compliance among child care workers

NPS MedicineWise urges people to understand that antibiotic resistance is happening here and now

NPS MedicineWise recommends regular hand washing to stop spread of bacterial infections

Antimicrobial copper touch surfaces may help fight global threat of antibiotic resistance

ETS underscores importance of proper hand drying alongside washing for maintaining optimal hygiene

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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