After introducing an electronic monitoring system for hand-hygiene compliance, researchers from Greenville (S.C.) Health System reported a decline in methicillin-resistant Staphyolococcus aureus ...

Hand hygiene, as a principle for safety in hospitals, has been around for over a century,” Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group, said. However, despite the well-understood importance ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An automated hand hygiene monitoring system increased hand hygiene compliance across all units in a hospital.

Hand hygiene is one of most critical factors in ensuring patient safety and quality in a healthcare organization. Thomas Diller, MD, MMM, vice president of clinical effectiveness and quality at ...

GOJO Industries, a leader in hand hygiene and skin health and inventors of PURELL® Hand Sanitizer, conducted an independent research study at the John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas to ...

A new study by researchers at GOJO Industries, recently published in the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE), demonstrates healthcare facilities that actively partner with their ...

David Sellers is vice president of clinical research at Proventix Systems, Inc., a healthcare technology company based in Birmingham, Alabama. that produces nGage™, an electronic hand-hygiene ...

University of Michigan Health and Newark Beth Israel Medical Center have increased hand hygiene compliance significantly. The results of two technology-based hand hygiene improvement initiatives were ...