And you thought you mastered hand-washing as a kid. More than 50 percent of illness can be prevented with proper hand washing, according to the CDC. STOCK4B/Getty Images — -- intro: Everyone ...

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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 ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Everyone knows that they are supposed to wash their hands after using the toilet, but does that advice only apply when using a public toilet? Since whatever came out of the person is ...

Handwashing is critical to staying safe and healthy all year round, but a recent survey shows many Americans still are not washing properly. Though it takes only 20 seconds and can prevent you or your ...

Nancy Burden, director of ambulatory surgery for BayCare Health System, describes how her ASC has worked to improve hand hygiene.Proper hand hygiene is an essential component of safe care. It has ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidelines for hand-drying after washing to include the use of automatic dryers, according to a business that makes hand dryers. The CDC ...

Way back in the early, whirlwind days of the pandemic, surfaces were the thing to worry about. The prevailing scientific wisdom was that the coronavirus spread mainly via large droplets, which fell ...

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