SAN FRANCISCO — Physicians and nurses on an acute pain service increased compliance rates with their hospital's hand-disinfection policy by nearly 30% by wearing a personal container of antibacterial ...

Dr. Gerald Hickson had two primary concerns after his wife’s double-knee replacement operation at Vanderbilt University Hospital in July 2008: making sure she received appropriate pain control and ...

OMAHA, Neb. — Doctors and nurses on the go often skip soap and water in favor of an alcohol-based hand gel, thinking the quick-acting goo will kill bacteria on their hands and curb the spread of ...

Albany -- Phoebe Putney officials want everyone to use hand hygiene gel when they visit patients at the hospital. They are starting a campaign urging everyone to gel in and gel out when they visit ...

Giving health care workers easy access to alcohol-based handrubs can improve hygiene in hospitals, a study published today in the online open access journal Critical Care suggests. Giving health care ...

Hospital-acquired infections affect approximately 440,000 patients each year in the U.S., costing roughly $10 billion a year. Largely preventable, healthcare organizations across the country have long ...

Staff and patients at a scandal-hit hospital had to use alcohol gel to wash their hands after problems with the water supply. The canteen at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow ...

Giving health care workers easy access to alcohol-based handrubs can improve hygiene in hospitals, a study published today in the Online Open Access journal Critical Care suggests. Good hand hygiene ...