Handwashing in clinical settings prior to putting on gloves may not actually be the best policy for infection prevention, a new study has found. Hand hygiene is important, but past research has ...
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Today's Google Doodle depicts Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian physician and "father of infection control," widely recognized as the first person to realize the medical benefits of handwashing. The ...
A national watchdog group recently scored some central Pennsylvania hospitals below average for several safety metrics, including hand washing, infection and having specially trained doctors care for ...
Hand hygiene is a cornerstone to infection control, yet it is often performed incorrectly. The following are three articles that address some of the most common problems with hand hygiene: 1. Which ...
Chemoradiation in Stage IIIB Cancer of the Uterine Cervix: A Review of the Zimbabwean Experience Our work was a prospective before-and-after study to improve IPC standards. We compared the WHO Hand ...
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) & rotavirus (RO) cause significant illness in infants & toddlers & account for many pediatric winter admissions. Since both viruses are nosocomially spread via ...