Hand hygiene is an important way to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and, when soap and water isn’t available, alcohol-based hand sanitizer is the next best way to do this. Dispensers of hand sanitizer ...

PHILADELPHIA - As the back-to-school season approaches, the American Academy of Pediatrics reports an uptick in hand-foot-and-mouth disease cases among young children, more than any other summer. This ...

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 ...

Most parents want their children to live in an environment that's clean and sanitary. We all buy home appliances that allow us to keep our homes as spotless as possible with little effort. But ...

Hannah Picinich of Leonardtown, Md., estimates her family has “probably 20” hand sanitizers. “I have four kids” — ages 10, 8 and 4-year-old twins — so between them, Picinich and her husband, the ...

HERSHEY, Pa. — Hand, Foot and Mouth disease is a common childhood illness that’s making an unwelcome comeback. "We see a big surge as kids go back to school, especially the first few weeks of school," ...

As any parent of a young child can attest, small humans are basically germ factories. As they learn hygiene and how to care for themselves, kids are prone to lots of runny noses, coughs, sore throats ...

Memorial Healthcare budgets to implement Intelligent Observations' sensor-driven approach systemwide. As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, a small but growing number of hospitals are investigating or ...

Hand-washing adherence is on the up-and-up as more hospitals are holding their leadership accountable for hand hygiene, patient safety watchdog The Leapfrog Group reports. Since it began collecting ...

If you think the grim coronavirus death toll is causing health care workers everywhere to always wash their hands, think again. Surprisingly, the Covid pandemic may not have significantly boosted ...