Year in Review: Hand Hygiene
In case you missed any of this content, ICT presents the 2018 Year in Review for hand hygiene.
Articles:
Behavior Modification is Key to Boosting Hand Hygiene Compliance, Avoiding Survey Deficiencies
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/hand-hygiene/behavior-modification-key-boosting-hand-hygiene-compliance-avoiding-survey-deficiencies
Studies:
Researchers Investigate Impact of Wearable ABHR Dispensers on Hand Hygiene Compliance
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/hand-hygiene/researchers-investigate-impact-wearable-abhr-dispensers-hand-hygiene-compliance
Study Explores Impact of Hand-Drying Method on Contamination and Bacteria Levels in Hospital Washrooms
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/hand-hygiene/study-explores-impact-hand-drying-method-contamination-and-bacteria-levels-hospital
Increasing Tolerance of Hospital Enterococcus faecium to Handwash Alcohols
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/hand-hygiene/increasing-tolerance-hospital-enterococcus-faecium-handwash-alcohols
Alcohol-Based Surgical Hand Preparation: Translating Scientific Evidence Into Clinical Practice
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/hand-hygiene/alcohol-based-surgical-hand-preparation-translating-scientific-evidence-clinical
Identification of Product Dry-Time as a Primary Driver of ABHR Efficacy
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/hand-hygiene/identification-product-dry-time-primary-driver-abhr-efficacy
Giving Employees 'Decoy' Sanitizer Options Could Improve Hand Hygiene
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/hand-hygiene/giving-employees-decoy-sanitizer-options-could-improve-hand-hygiene
Paper Shows Infection Prevention and Control in Clinics is in Everyone's Hands
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/hand-hygiene/paper-shows-infection-prevention-and-control-clinics-everyones-hands
Hand Hygiene Can Lower Mortality, Antibiotic Prescription Rates in Nursing Homes
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/hand-hygiene/hand-hygiene-can-lower-mortality-antibiotic-prescription-rates-nursing-homes
Happy Hand Hygiene Day! Rethinking Glove Use for Safer, Cleaner, and More Ethical Health Care
May 5th 2025Despite their protective role, gloves are often misused in health care settings—undermining hand hygiene, risking patient safety, and worsening environmental impact. Alexandra Peters, PhD, points out that this misuse deserves urgent attention, especially today, World Hand Hygiene Day.
The Guardians of Animal Health: Who Are Veterinary Infection Preventionists?
March 21st 2025Veterinary infection control experts Leslie Kollmann, BS, AAS, CVT, CIC, Denise Waiting, LVT, and Leslie Landis, LVT, BS, discuss challenges, zoonotic disease risks, and the importance of education, collaboration, and resource development in animal care facilities.
