3. Nonclinical and nursing staff had higher handwashing rates than other healthcare staff. 4. “This extensive dataset, monitoring nearly 4000 healthcare workers and more than 6 million data points, ...

Running from patient room to patient room, it can be surprisingly easy for doctors and nurses to forget to wash their hands, especially if they’re dealing with an emergency. Hospitals have be… ...

One of the best ways to prevent the spread of infection in hospitals is to make sure doctors and nurses wash their hands. But studies have shown that health-care professionals sometimes wash as little ...

Nurses are more conscientious handwashers than doctors, finds a study in this week's Christmas issue of the BMJ. Hand washing is a quick, cheap and easy way of preventing the spread of infection.

Nurse Katherine Lockler's video has been viewed more than five million times.

It's called, "Sure Wash," which is an interactive simulator that walks you through each step of proper hand-washing. It's eye opening to the nurses at Miriam Hospital.

Wash your stinking hands," Katherine Lockler says in a six-minute video that's been viewed 4.8 million times since she recorded it in frustration after a 12-hour shift during this particularly ...