News tagged with washing hands
Study reports predictors of poor hand hygiene in an emergency department
Researchers studying hand hygiene of healthcare workers in the emergency department found certain care situations, including bed location and type of healthcare worker performing care, resulted in poorer hand hygiene practice. ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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'Glowing hands' in the waiting room improves kids' handwashing
Use of a glowing gel that shows kids how well they wash their hands by illustrating bacteria they missed while washing and may significantly improve hand hygiene, according to a study published in the July issue of Infection Co ...
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Shock and shame: Graphic messages increase hand washing compliance
Graphic messages and reminders that use a shock-and-shame approach may get more people to wash their hands, according to a Kansas State University professor and his colleagues.
Mar 15, 2011 |
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The Medical Minute: Clean hands equal a healthy body
According to Wikipedia, handshaking was practiced as long ago as the 5th century BCE. That's 25 centuries of passing germs around by hand.
Dec 08, 2010 |
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Study: Emergency department computer keyboards and bacteria
Keyboards located in triage and registration areas were found to be more contaminated with bacteria than those in other areas of the Emergency Department at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, according to a new study conducted ...
Jun 03, 2010 |
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Wash away your doubts when you wash your hands
Washing your hands "wipes the slate clean," removing doubts about recent choices. That's the key finding of a University of Michigan study published in the current (May 7) issue of Science.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 06, 2010 |
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Real-world proof of hand washing's effectiveness
Scientists are reporting dramatic new real-world evidence supporting the idea that hand washing can prevent the spread of water-borne disease. It appears in a new study showing a connection between fecal bacteria ...
May 05, 2010 |
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Hand-washing, mask-wearing may limit transmission of pandemic flu
Practicing non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as hand-washing and mouth covering may help limit the transmission of the pandemic flu, but more research on these measures is critical according to a new study appearing ...
Apr 29, 2010 |
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Researchers find independently owned ethnic restaurants have more food safety violations
Diners who are skeptical of the food safety practices in ethnic restaurants have new research to back up some of their assumptions.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 16, 2010 |
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Study investigates how people behave in pandemics
(PhysOrg.com) -- A UCL-led study has identified key demographic and psychological factors that may predict protective behaviours during pandemics.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 01, 2010 |
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K-State Expert Says Fear Of H1N1 Amplifies Normal Anxiety About School, Offers Tips On How To Cope
For university students, anxiety about grades is nothing new. But this year, students also may be anxious about the H1N1 flu virus and missing classes.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Is the person next to you washing their hands with soap?
People are more likely to wash their hands when they have been shamed into it, according to a study by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Badge sensor alerts health-care workers of need to wash hands
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 ...
Sep 16, 2009 |
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To get college students to wash hands requires proper tools, attention-getting tactics
The path to poor hand sanitation is paved with good intentions, according to researchers from Kansas State and North Carolina State Universities.
Sep 04, 2009 |
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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 ...
Jun 03, 2009 |
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