In an effort to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), Kimberly-Clark Health Care has provided a grant to the Centers for Disease Control Foundation to sponsor the Hand Hygiene Saves Lives ...

Aug 5 (Reuters) - Fifteen cases of methanol poisoning caused by swallowing alcohol-based hand sanitizers were reported in Arizona and New Mexico in May and June, leading to four deaths, the U.S.

The course, and associated promotional materials, reviews key concepts of hand hygiene and other standard precautions to prevent healthcare-associated infections. Topics addressed include: What are ...

The CDC and GOJO, a producer and marketer of skin health and hygiene solutions, have formed a partnership to provide unbranded hand hygiene tools and educational materials for patients, healthcare ...

The CDC provides free, downloadable posters and a screen saver intended to emphasize the concepts and techniques to increase hand hygiene at your facility. The posters — five different messages — are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's time to unplug the sanitizing robots and put away the bottles of Clorox that seem to line the entrances to every school, ...

The story about hand washing in health care is short: hand washing is a simple, inexpensive way to prevent infections that have complex, costly implications. Yet healthcare workers (HCWs) clean their ...