News tagged with hand hygiene
Poorly cleaned public cruise ship restrooms may predict norovirus outbreaks
Nov 02, 2009 |
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A team of researchers from Boston University School (BUSM), Carney Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance and Tufts University School of Medicine, have found that widespread poor compliance with regular cleaning of public restrooms ...
Keyboards and mice can harbor hospital infections
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Although hospital computer equipment can act as a reservoir for pathogenic organisms, including MRSA, researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases found that bacterial contamination rates from c ...
Badge sensor alerts health-care workers of need to wash hands
Sep 16, 2009 |
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A wireless, credit-card-sized sensor that can detect whether health care workers have properly washed their hands upon entering a patient's room is being studied at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center. The ...
As H1N1 looms, study shows students aren't protecting themselves
Sep 10, 2009 |
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As public health experts warn of potential widespread outbreaks of H1N1 flu this school year, a new study from North Carolina State University shows that students do not comply with basic preventative measures ...
To get college students to wash hands requires proper tools, attention-getting tactics
Sep 04, 2009 |
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The path to poor hand sanitation is paved with good intentions, according to researchers from Kansas State and North Carolina State Universities.
Officials, public urged to use latest evidence as guide in H1N1 prevention and protection
Aug 12, 2009 |
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As flu season draws nearer along with the potential for resurgence in H1N1, leading infectious diseases doctors, hospital epidemiologists, and infection preventionists urge officials to base recommendations for the public ...
Soap-sniffing technology encourages hand washing to reduce hospital-acquired infections, save money
Jun 03, 2009 |
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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 ...
Handwashing more important than isolation in controlling MRSA superbug infection
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Regular handwashing by hospital staff and visitors did more to prevent the spread of the MRSA superbug than isolating infected patients.
Pilot study shows effectiveness of new, low-cost method for monitoring hand hygiene compliance
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Epidemiologists and computer scientists at the University of Iowa have collaborated to create a new low-cost, green technology for automatically tracking the use of hand hygiene dispensers before healthcare workers enter ...
