Providing individualized feedback on hand hygiene to healthcare workers (HCWs) at nursing homes on a weekly basis did not lead to improved compliance, according to a March study published in Infection ...

The medical profession has been built by hardship. People go in for all kinds of mundane things now. Refill this prescription for headaches. Get a few stitches on a cut from a fall. A referral for ...

Running from patient room to patient room, it can be surprisingly easy for doctors and nurses to forget to wash their hands, especially if they’re dealing with an emergency. Hospitals have been ...

Efforts to improve hand hygiene at health organizations must include nurses, according to an article at Becker's Hospital Review. Hospitals have long understood the importance of hand-hygiene ...

As a nurse, you're used to washing your hands countless times a day, so you're probably also fighting dry skin. The skin on your hands may also crack, which leaves them more open to infection. If ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — Reducing the nurse-to-patient ratio to 1:1 yielded the most significant decreases in transmission of ...

On the fifth floor of the clinic at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, nurses scurry from room to room, tending, soothing, answering questions. It’s an unlikely oasis for contemplation, but that’s what ...

In terms of outcomes, robotics has had a positive influence on nursing at the bedside. HealthLeaders spoke to Jackie Wills, director of robotic services at Virtua Health, about the the role that ...

With all the reminders lately to wash your hands to prevent the spread of flu, you might feel like you're back in grade school. But it can be so hard to get people to follow proper hand hygiene that ...

Herein I will outline a proposal, rooted in the microeconomics principles of supply and demand, that can guide our nation to a beneficial outcome: a way in which unequal access to care, combined with ...