Roughly five years ago Rhode Island Hospital in Providence had a hand hygiene problem. Only 40-50 percent of all hand washing that was supposed to take place was actually happening, and, as a result, ...
Patients go to clinics and hospitals hoping to get better. But sometimes they end up getting sick because they pick up infections passed on by doctors and nurses who ...
Hand-washing adherence is on the up-and-up as more hospitals are holding their leadership accountable for hand hygiene, patient safety watchdog The Leapfrog Group reports. Since it began collecting ...
During the University of Chicago Medical Center’s 24-hour Big Wash event in December, medical staff collectively washed their hands nearly 97,000 times — about once per second. Over the course of 24 ...
Hand-washing, patient falls and injuries and collapsed lungs were cited as areas of concern for metro-east area hospitals this autumn, according to a watchdog report released Nov. 16. The Leapfrog ...
A new year is a good time for resolutions, and in 2023, America’s health care providers should follow the example of St. Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center on the South Side. In 2021, this ...
A key factor that hasn't been covered in the Senate health care debate: hand washing. Dr. Richard Melker of the University of Florida thinks that's a big problem — so big that he's come up with a ...
CHICAGO HOSPITAL STUDIES HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE: Hand hygiene among University of Chicago Medical Center workers improved early in the pandemic before dropping to pre-COVID levels after just four ...
University Hospitals Tees is urging patients, visitors, and the public in the North East to prioritise hand hygiene to protect vulnerable hospital patients.
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