Nancy Burden, director of ambulatory surgery for BayCare Health System, describes how her ASC has worked to improve hand hygiene.Proper hand hygiene is an essential component of safe care. It has ...

Proper handwashing could save a million lives a year, according to an expert — and yet many people are doing it improperly, often due to misconceptions surrounding the practice. Doctors recommend ...

Here are 10 things ambulatory surgery centers should know about proper hand hygiene, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings. 1 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS — With the holidays and winter ...

As flu season surges on, there's an easy way to reduce your risk of getting sick: Wash your hands properly. It may seem like common sense, but handwashing is one of the most important of ways of ...

A new survey reveals that while 62% of Americans say they know the proper way to wash their hands, nearly half admit to forgetting or choosing not to wash at key times. The survey, conducted by the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidelines for hand-drying after washing to include the use of automatic dryers, according to a business that makes hand dryers. The CDC ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Coronavirus has only emphasized the ...