Showing posts with label Hand hygiene. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hand hygiene. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 09, 2014

BMJ: The `Hawthorne Effect’ On Hospital Hand Hygiene Compliance

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Credit WHO     # 8816   One hundred and sixty-six years ago, a Hungarian physician named Ignaz Semmelweis published a controver...
Sunday, March 02, 2014

Study: Efficacy Of Hand Hygiene Alone Against Influenza Infection

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Photo Credit – CDC   # 8341   As was well illustrated during the opening months of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic – until a vaccine can be...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

Assessment Of Hand Hygiene Strategies In US Healthcare Facilities

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Credit WHO Hand Hygiene Campaign     # 8332   One hundred and sixty-seven years ago, a Hungarian physician named Ignaz Semmelwei...
Sunday, October 13, 2013

Aye, There’s The Rub

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  Photo Credit – CDC   # 7854   Over the past decade, alcohol-based hand sanitizers have become ubiquitous in modern society  – ...
Monday, July 01, 2013

Study: Exam Gloves, Dispensers & Bacterial Contamination

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  Credit WHO Hand Hygiene Campaign   # 7438   Although individually packaged sterile gloves are recommended for surgery, sutur...
Monday, June 10, 2013

The Great Unwashed

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Credit Michigan State University     # 7381   Discouraging news today from Michigan State University, where a study has dete...
Sunday, November 11, 2012

UK: Norovirus Season Starts Early

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80% of Norovirus Outbreaks occur between November & April - Credit CDC     # 6710     Whether you call it Norwalk or Nor...
Friday, October 05, 2012

Lancet: Public Response To The H1N1 Pandemic Of 2009

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    # 6610     During the opening months of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic – before a vaccine was available – about the only advice that p...
Monday, June 25, 2012

Norovirus Sequelae

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    # 6404     Last month I wrote a blog called Norovirus: The Gift That Keeps On Giving , about an outbreak of this nasty gastroi...
Friday, May 04, 2012

Global Clean Your Hands Day: 2012

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      Five steps to 5 May 2012 - What's YOUR plan?   # 6316     Tomorrow, May 5th, is being promoted by the World H...