A restaurant employee handling raw food and then ready-to-eat food was quickly corrected in the last week of restaurant inspections. Routine restaurant inspections happen two to three times per year ...

When Shanina Knighton began pursuing her doctorate in nursing in 2013, she set out to seek evidence to support a theory. She’d noticed that, during the H1N1 pandemic, patient hand hygiene wasn’t ...

While washing one’s hands has always been important for personal and public health, the coronavirus pandemic demonstrates that doing so can actually save lives. It will help enormously in preventing ...

Handwashing is a personal hygiene habit that has become even more important as students and faculty navigate healthy learning environments during the pandemic. A recent collaborative lesson in the ...

The swine flu headlines have brought attention to the importance of hand-washing. Health columnist Melinda Beck describes the best way to wash off germs and protect against sickness.

Are you really cleaning your hands the right way? On World Hand Hygiene Day, experts warn that even after washing, germs can ...

Hand-washing adherence is on the up-and-up as more hospitals are holding their leadership accountable for hand hygiene, patient safety watchdog The Leapfrog Group reports. Since it began collecting ...

When Shanina Knighton began pursuing her doctorate in nursing in 2013, she set out to seek evidence to support a theory. She’d noticed that, during the H1N1 pandemic, patient hand hygiene wasn’t ...