Healthcare worker adoption rates of protocols in the World Health Organization’s primary hand hygiene program, My Five Moments for Hand Hygiene, depend on the type of hospital unit, type of ...

Compliance to the World Health Organization’s “five moments” of hand hygiene was only 23.2 percent in a Thai hospital, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 1. Before ...

The effectiveness of the World Health Organization’s My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene method is well-documented, but a new study published in the American Journal of Infection Control calls into question ...

The “My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene” approach defines the key moments when healthcare workers should perform hand hygiene, according to the World Health Organization. This evidence-based, field-tested, ...

Hospital workers did not improve their compliance with hand hygiene guidelines as a result of a quality improvement intervention using a novel electronic wearable device, a cluster randomized, stepped ...

In the realm of frontline healthcare, where the well-being of both patients and healthcare workers hangs in the balance, there is a heightened vulnerability of healthcare workers (HCWs) to ...

Use of an electronic hand hygiene monitoring system decreased the rate of healthcare-acquired MRSA infections in one health system by 42%, research shows. Investigators with the Greenville Health ...

Although the use of latex gloves by healthcare workers (HCWs) can protect against transmission of pathogens, gloves are subject to perforation, and contamination can occur when the gloves are donned ...

— -- For doctors and nurses, hand hygiene is supposed to be as intuitive as breathing. But is this behavior really second-nature, or do health care workers need supervision to keep their hand ...

In 2025, Global Handwashing Day takes on renewed significance as the world continues advancing in hygiene and preventive healthcare. The focus remains on spreading awareness and encouraging ...

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 ...