|Articles|December 20, 2018

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

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