And you thought you mastered hand-washing as a kid. More than 50 percent of illness can be prevented with proper hand washing, according to the CDC. STOCK4B/Getty Images — -- intro: Everyone ...

More than 800 children die every day from diarrhoea caused by inadequate access to water or poor hygiene, the United Nations estimates. The failure of many people in many countries to wash their hands ...

Thank you for your Monday editorial, “Disposable gloves can’t overcome grimy habits.” Local public health wholly agrees that hand-washing is very important! There is a constant influx of inexperienced ...

Here are 10 things ambulatory surgery centers should know about proper hand hygiene, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings. 1 ...

Research has shown that many harmful diseases spread due to a lack of proper hand hygiene. Thereby, washing hands could effectively prevent the spread of infections. One can spread germs, i.e., ...

Nancy Burden, director of ambulatory surgery for BayCare Health System, describes how her ASC has worked to improve hand hygiene.Proper hand hygiene is an essential component of safe care. It has ...

Wife of Oyo Governor, Engr. Mrs Tamunominini Makinde on Thursday advocated proper and adequate hand washing to prevent the spread of diseases. She stated that clean hands as simple as washing hands ...