New data from Hill-Rom (NYSE: HRC) shows its hand-hygiene compliance system dramatically increases hand washing among hospital staff using the system. Analysis of more than 20 million instances of ...

Providing individualized feedback on hand hygiene to healthcare workers (HCWs) at nursing homes on a weekly basis did not lead to improved compliance, according to a March study published in Infection ...

Nearly 800 hospitals received word in December they would face Medicare reimbursement cuts in fiscal year 2017 because of high infection rates under the Hospital-Acquired Conditions Reduction Program ...

Monitoring hand hygiene may decrease compliance in the long run without follow-up New research from the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis suggests using electronic monitoring ...

October 26, 2011 (Boston, Massachusetts) — According to George Bernard Shaw, "the greatest problem in communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished." It appears that this also applies to ...

In the realm of frontline healthcare, where the well-being of both patients and healthcare workers hangs in the balance, there is a heightened vulnerability of healthcare workers (HCWs) to ...

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 ...

Healthcare facilities often struggle with ensuring staff is hand hygiene compliant. A recent study found a 57 percent hand hygiene compliance rate among those staff members monitored by infection ...

(HealthDay News) — Health workers in hospitals wash their hands less often as they near the end of their shift, and this lapse – likely due to mental fatigue – could contribute to hundreds of ...

In a myriad of workplace settings, standard processes are key to a successful operation, ensuring efficiency and safety. For these processes to work, employees must comply. But what's the best way to ...

Health workers in hospitals wash their hands less often as they near the end of their shift, a new study has found. And this lapse -- likely due to mental fatigue -- could contribute to hundreds of ...