Healthcare workers can follow all of the World Health Organization’s recommended hand hygiene steps for using alcohol-based hand rub, but still make mistakes and miss some areas of their hands, ...

Cornwall, England, UK, Hand sanitizing point for the general public to use free of charge during Covid-19 in a Cornwall park area. (Photo by: Peter Titmuss/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) ...

Hand hygiene is one of the simplest yet most powerful ways to prevent infections, whether in hospitals, public spaces, or at home. From washing with soap and water to using alcohol-based sanitizers, ...

India, May 4 -- World Hand Hygiene Day is observed every year on May 5 to promote the importance of clean hands in preventing ...

Washing your hands is an essential way to slow the spread of the coronavirus and other pathogens; however, frequent handwashing can cause dry skin that could flake, itch, crack and even bleed without ...

'Smart' hand sanitizers that can provide data on workplace hand hygiene are being trialed across the country, as part of research by the Universities of Sheffield and Leeds into how best to engage ...

During the Covid-19 pandemic, hand sanitizers were considered a necessity. They were used by both adults and children alike.

Why is hand hygiene important in the COVID-19 pandemic? Our hands can be a critical vector in the transmission of infectious organisms. Infectious viruses can persist on surface materials for several ...

A reader of the Becker’s Operating Room Clinical Quality & Infection Control E-Weekly contacted us with the following question. The answer to the question was provided by the Association for ...