Q: Are Muslim nurses excused from washing their hands before medical procedures in Britain? A: No. That is an old misrepresentation that has been circulating online since 2010. A false story that ...

Good hand hygiene is crucial to help prevent healthcare-associated infections. This article, the final part in a six-part series discusses the principles of hand hygiene and the procedure for cleaning ...

Nursing homes have long been a bastion of infections, experts note. But a new study finds that — by harnessing hand hygiene methods already popular in hospitals — such a notion could become a thing of ...

Hand hygiene is one of the most effective methods of preventing healthcare-associated infections. However, prevention depends on hand hygiene being performed when necessary, and the appropriate ...

On April 9 at PruittHealth-Carolina Point, a nursing home on the Orange-Durham border, an aide walked from room to room, passing out lunch trays. In between, a state inspector observed, the aide did ...

CARSON CITY — Poor hand hygiene is emerging as the No. 1 factor in the spread of COVID-19 in skilled-nursing homes and similar communal care facilities in Nevada, according to initial data state ...

A multifaceted hand hygiene intervention lowered mortality and antibiotic prescriptions in nursing homes, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control. Researchers ...

A Nashville-area nursing home at the center of one of the deadliest coronavirus outbreaks in Tennessee has a one-star health rating and a history of infection control issues, including repeat ...

A nursing home where at least 14 people diagnosed with COVID-19 have died was disciplined in February by a state health inspector, a 9Wants to Know examination of records has found. Just as ...