A Canadian microbiologist is warning good handwashing habits adopted during the pandemic have fallen by the wayside. The ...

MEDICLINIC Victoria staff joined the World Health Organisation in commemorating World Hand Hygiene Day on Tuesday, 5 May. Staff were taught hand washing techniques and were asked to create posters ...

A hand hygiene intervention, which encouraged patients and visitors to the participating units to perform audits of health ...

Many neglect handwashing after public outings, risking germ spread. Soap and water are vital, especially when coughing or ...

Patients Children aged 3–11 years, and/or staff working with them. Intervention Interventions with a hand hygiene component. Main outcome measures Incidence of RT or GI infections or symptoms related ...

hhsc.ca Background The Hawthorne effect, or behaviour change due to awareness of being observed, is assumed to inflate hand hygiene compliance rates as ... RTLS through presentations by study ...

Gloves Off! is a research project taking place in 2 trial wards at John Hunter Hospital to improve hand hygiene and reduce unnecessary non-sterile glove use. Non-sterile gloves are commonly misused in ...

The following is a summary of “Compliance and Performance of Hand Hygiene in Dutch General Practice Offices Using Electronic Dispensers,” published in the April 2025 issue of Journal of Primary Care & ...

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has launched a week-long awareness-raising campaign, marking World Hand Hygiene Day 2025. The campaign aligns with the annual drive of the World Health ...

A World Health Organisation (WHO) report indicates that approximately 70 per cent of healthcare workers do not routinely practice hand hygiene. It also revealed that as little as 50 per cent of ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on policymakers and the global health community to strengthen hand hygiene practices and address the overuse of gloves in healthcare settings.