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 ...

Health systems spend millions obtaining the latest technology to create state-of-the-art facilities and to build reputations for quality and innovation. But failing to maintain consistency in ...

Hand hygiene remains a cornerstone of infection prevention in healthcare settings, vital for curtailing the transmission of multidrug‐resistant organisms and reducing the incidence of ...

Holy Name Medical Center is deploying AI-powered hand hygiene stations in departments that treat the hospital’s most vulnerable patients. Developed by health care technology company Soapy USA Inc., ...

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 ...

Infection control and antimicrobial stewardship in nursing homes go hand in hand. And yet, the two are often treated as ...

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 ...

The six-week study's end point will be a reduction in COVID-19 symptoms from healthcare workers who are using the ioTech products, according to the company. The trial is being led by Dr. Hillel Ephros ...

A national watchdog group recently scored some central Pennsylvania hospitals below average for several safety metrics, including hand washing, infection and having specially trained doctors care for ...