Hand Hygiene

Items of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as gowns and gloves, as well as the unwashed hands of healthcare workers, are frequently contaminated with multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, which they say is more easily transmitted than previously thought.

Contracting an infection is the least desired outcome for a patient during or following a hospital stay. Through the use of a stringent program of training, education and practices, the University of Miami Hospital has achieved and maintained exceptionally low infection rates for 2009.

Deb SBS announces that its InstantFOAM® Alcohol Hand Sanitizer is now EcoLogo certified.

Xhale Innovations (XI) announces that it will demonstrate its hand hygiene system, HyGreen®, at the American Hospital Association Leadership Summit July 22-24, 2010 in San Diego.

One of the most common causes of preventable healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) is poor hand hygiene. iScrub Lite 1.5, an iPhone and iPod touch application developed at the University of Iowa (UI), makes monitoring hand hygiene compliance more efficient and accurate.

A manufacturer and distributor in Puerto Rico is receiving harsh FDA punishment for distributing hand sanitizer as an unapproved new drug due to the use of the active ingredient benzalkonium chloride, which is not recognized as safe and effective for OTC antifungal drugs.

U.S. Marshals have seized $230,000 worth of hand sanitizing gel made by Puerto Rico Beverage Inc. of Maunabo and distributed by Lord Pharmaceutical, LLC.

A seasoned infection preventionist discusses issues that weigh on her mind.