A new study examined some 16,000 households based the U.K. during the winter influenza season and correlate hand washing rates with incidences of viral infection. The survey found that across all ...

Handbasins are hotspots for dangerous microbes that can cause illnesses including pneumonia, Legionnaires' disease and wound infections, a new study warns. The environmental health study found ...

Handwashing in clinical settings prior to putting on gloves may not actually be the best policy for infection prevention, a new study has found. Hand hygiene is important, but past research has ...

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) & rotavirus (RO) cause significant illness in infants & toddlers & account for many pediatric winter admissions. Since both viruses are nosocomially spread via ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A national watchdog group recently scored some central Pennsylvania hospitals below average for several safety metrics, including ...

Researchers translated an informative hand-washing song into 26 different languages to help promote hand hygiene compliance during the pandemic, according to an article published in The Journal of ...