News tagged with hand hygiene

Do health care professionals perform hand hygiene? UI has an app for that

One of the most common causes of preventable health care-associated infections is poor hand hygiene. iScrub Lite 1.5, an iPhone and iPod touch application developed at the University of Iowa, makes monitoring hand hygiene ...

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created May 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Soap-sniffing technology encourages hand washing to reduce hospital-acquired infections, save money

Call it a Breathalyzer for the hands. Using sensors capable of detecting drugs in breath, new technology developed at University of Florida monitors health-care workers' hand hygiene by detecting sanitizer or soap fumes given ...

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created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Alcohol-based hand disinfectants improve business productivity

The placement of alcohol-based hand disinfectants in businesses can reduce illness and absenteeism amongst the work force. A study published in the open access journal, BMC Infectious Diseases, has found that incidences of abs ...

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created Aug 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Handwashing more important than isolation in controlling MRSA superbug infection

Regular handwashing by hospital staff and visitors did more to prevent the spread of the MRSA superbug than isolating infected patients.

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created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Conventional infection control measures found effective in reducing MRSA rates

Scientists at The Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center found that an emphasis on compliance with non-pathogen specific infection control practices such as hand hygiene, efforts to reduce device-related infections ...

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created Mar 19, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds lapses in infection control practices at ambulatory surgical centers

An assessment of nearly 70 ambulatory surgical centers in three states found that lapses in infection control were common, including for practices such as hand hygiene, injection and medication safety and equipment reprocessing, ...

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created Jun 08, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nation's leading ID experts call for mandatory flu vaccine for all health-care personnel

Influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel is a professional and ethical responsibility and non-compliance with healthcare facility policies regarding vaccination should not be tolerated, according to a position paper ...

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created Aug 31, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1