Infection Control Articles by Topic: Hand Hygiene
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 29, July 18, 2012
The fight against healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) by Oregon hospitals has yielded...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 19, May 9, 2012
Compared to other working groups or occupations in your healthcare facility or organization, how...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 16, April 18, 2012
As a patient, how likely are to remind a physician to perform hand hygiene before attending to you?
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 15, April 11, 2012
Physician, wash thy hands. That's something patients are still reluctant to express before...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 13, March 28, 2012
Most healthcare facilities have created some sort of campaign to raise levels of hand hygiene...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 101, November 30, 2011
Within your healthcare facility, how confident are you that staff members adhere to the guidelines...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 99, November 16, 2011
The rate of compliance with hand hygiene is significantly lower when gloves were worn.
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 96, October 26, 2011
Self-produced hand hygiene videos are popular educational tools for healthcare worker compliance...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 87, August 24, 2011
As a patient, if you observed your caregiver not following hand hygiene or glove use protocols...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 86, August 17, 2011
Healthcare workers may not appreciate the infection transmission risks when touching potentially...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 82, July 20, 2011
As a companion to the infection prevention guide for outpatient settings released in May, the CDC...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 82, July 20, 2011
Do you think that the CDC guide and checklist for Infection Prevention in Outpatient Settings...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 80, July 6, 2011
Infection control professionals at the annual Association for Professionals in Infection Control...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 80, July 6, 2011
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology announced the winners of a...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 75, June 1, 2011
A survey distributed globally by the World Health Organization (WHO) found that nearly 50% of...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 74, May 25, 2011
A new study found that by implementing a poster intervention tool in hospital cafeterias improves...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 72, May 11, 2011
A new study found that washing your hands with soap from a bulk-soap-refillable dispenser may...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 71, May 4, 2011
A website created by two trade groups strives to educate consumers, researchers, and regulators...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 71, May 4, 2011
Refer to this hand hygiene tool to monitor hand hygiene compliance within your facility and avoid...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 71, May 4, 2011
A smartphone application has hit hospitals to monitor infection control compliance. How common is...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 70, April 27, 2011
A smartphone application created to increase hand hygiene compliance is hitting healthcare...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 68, April 13, 2011
Hand hygiene stories featured in Infection Control Weekly Monitor prompted a reader to suggest this...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 67, April 6, 2011
A study conducted by researchers at The Johns Hopkins Hospital has found that bacteria is more...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 58, February 2, 2011
Using appropriate hand hygiene practices is important in the healthcare setting when interacting...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 58, February 2, 2011
A new hand hygiene monitoring system lights up healthcare workers’ badges if they don’t...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 57, January 26, 2011
The American Cleaning Institute and Personal Care Products Council released a poll that found most...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 57, January 26, 2011
Use this contact precautions checklist when a patient may have an infection that could potentially...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 57, January 26, 2011
With healthcare workers performing hand hygiene more than the average U.S. consumer, is there a...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 53, December 29, 2010
Which is more effective: alcohol-based gels and hand rubs, or disinfectant alcohol-based wipes...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 48, December 1, 2010
Using an alcohol-based formula during handwashing is an effective way to prevent infections. A...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 46, November 17, 2010
What do you do in a hospital waiting room? Staring at the algae covered fish tank gets boring after...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 40, October 6, 2010
A new type of superbug is striking in hospitals all across America, with barely any treatment for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 39, September 29, 2010
With flu season approaching, it’s becoming more important for healthcare settings such as...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 38, September 22, 2010
Sixty percent of healthcare workers who responded to a survey on employee hand hygiene said that...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 36, September 8, 2010
A study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology indicates that hand sanitizer...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 36, September 8, 2010
Q: Our alcohol hand rubs are in bottles in various areas throughout the center. They are mobile...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 34, August 25, 2010
Out-of-sight means out-of-mind when it comes to locating hand sanitizers. That’s the...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 33, August 18, 2010
A study published in the August issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology draws...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 7, July 1, 2010
The appropriately named ?iScrub? app, developed at the University of Iowa (UI), aims to replace the...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 7, July 1, 2010
A study published in the May Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology found that a universal...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 19, May 12, 2010
On May 5, healthcare organizations around the world celebrated hand hygiene with the World Health...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 19, May 12, 2010
The Association for periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) and 3M recently announced Perioperative...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston and Abington (PA) Memorial Hospital have both improved...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 16, April 21, 2010
A study published in the May 2010 issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology evaluated...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 10, March 10, 2010
You’ve probably seen a range of techniques to improve hand hygiene compliance, but none as...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
Editor's note: This article was originally published in the December 2009 Briefings on The Joint...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 7, February 17, 2010
New technology could change the way healthcare workers perform hand hygiene, using the same...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 6, February 10, 2010
Although hands-free sinks are certainly more efficient than the alternative, they often pose a...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 2, January 13, 2010
Like most IPs, are you racking your brain for ways to improve hand hygiene compliance? Ever think...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 1, January 6, 2010
After its first full year on the Web, OSHA Healthcare Advisor has posted nearly 500 blog entries...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
Unless they work in a medical facility with perfectly compliant employees, IPs are usually forced...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 51, December 23, 2009
If you enjoy the creativity of producing your own training videos, or if you’ve created an...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 46, November 18, 2009
Part of a Wall Street Journal Health Care report released late last month includes a breakdown of...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
On June 31, the New York State Health Department released a report detailing the HAI rates of...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 42, October 28, 2009
With Joint Commission standards focusing intently on increased hand hygiene compliance, many...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 42, October 21, 2009
APIC, in collaboration with 3M, has proclaimed this week “International Infection Prevention...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 38, September 23, 2009
Despite urging from the CDC that consistent hand hygiene is the best way to prevent transmission of...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 35, September 2, 2009
Many facilities weigh the benefits of using antimicrobial soap versus traditional soap in patient...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 32, August 12, 2009
Researchers from the Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital in Paris estimate that more than 12% of people...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 28, July 15, 2009
The Joint Commission is offering Measuring Hand Hygiene Adherence: Overcoming the Challenges, a...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 26, July 1, 2009
It’s been just over a month since CMS initiated its new Conditions for Coverage for...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 23, June 10, 2009
New infection control technology developed by University of Florida College of Medicine...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 22, June 3, 2009
Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are a proven method of hand hygiene and infection prevention, but...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
: Few question the ingrained hierarchy present in most healthcare facilities. In many cases...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 18, May 6, 2009
Although Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, based in Boston, was cited for failure to adhere to...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
If you are looking for a free and easy training tool requiring little time or effort, you may want...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 16, April 22, 2009
On April 14, The Joint Commission released a free monograph intended to help healthcare...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
If you want to see someone’s true behavior, watch what they do when they think no one is...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
If you are an infection preventionist (IP), you are likely feeling the pressure of doing more with...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 12, March 25, 2009
From self-cleaning keyboards to automated hand hygiene tracking devices, infection control...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 9, March 4, 2009
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new hand hygiene program in which hospitals can...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 6, February 11, 2009
Wetzel County Hospital in New Martinsville, WV is launching a “Protect Our Patients&rdquo...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 5, February 4, 2009
Maybe you haven’t thought about it, but at least a couple people have wondered whether...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 2, February 1, 2009
Three of the five Joint Commission 2008 Ernest A. Codman Awards were bestowed on hospitals whose IC...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
A new nationwide APIC study shows the number of C. diff infections may be six to 20 times higher...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
When Baton Rouge (LA) General Hospital began seeing highly susceptible patients develop...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 12, December 17, 2008
The design and placement of handwashing sinks in the rooms of transplant patients at Toronto...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
Five major organizations collaborated in October to create a compendium of strategies to prevent...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
It’s hurricane season, and some facilities might find themselves dealing with an...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
Urinary tract infections (UTI) may not be the most expensive or life-threatening infections, but at...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
The Joint Commission has announced its 2009 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG), and they include...
