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 ...

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 ...

In 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) established May 5 as World Hand Hygiene Day — a day to remind people across the globe of the importance of handwashing in healthcare settings and to bring ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As part of a pilot program, patients and visitors performed audits of HCW hand hygiene compliance. During the ...

A lack of soap is the most often reported barrier to effective hand hygiene-key to curbing the spread of infection-in shared community spaces, such as households, schools, and public places, finds a ...