The World Health Organization has created posters to help organizations improve hand hygiene — one showing proper hand washing steps and one providing proper hand rubbing steps.

A study, published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, examined the impact of an 18-month Hand Hygiene Breakthrough Collaborative on hand hygiene compliance.

Implementation of an electronic system achieves a 94% compliance rate for hand washing by doctors and nurses and reduces hospital-acquired infections by 89%.

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Cold and flu season is upon us. Doctors and other health professionals routinely encourage immunizations for adults over age 60 — but why this emphasis as we age? With age, our immune system ...

Washing your hands before washing your face could reduce the dirt and bacteria you transfer from your fingers to your skin.