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4 Misconceptions About Glove Use & Hand Hygiene

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are unacceptably high, and proper glove use has been...

Want to Ace Your Leapfrog Hospital Survey? Make Sure Your Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring System Has These 3 Tech Features

You know the power of a top Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. Top grades reflect deep dedication to...

3 Ways to Improve Patient Safety in 2023

Patient safety will be a major focus in 2023.

Monitoring the 5 Moments of Hand Hygiene May Not Be Necessary

The World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the “5 moments of hand hygiene” in 2009 to highlight...

Closing the Gap Between Hand Hygiene Perception & Reality

Healthcare workers commonly estimate their hand hygiene compliance before touching a patient to be...

4 Ways Technology Makes an Infection Preventionist’s Job Easier

“Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable.”

Introducing a Hand Hygiene Initiative? Follow These 3 Steps to Boost Staff Buy-In

No change initiative will be successful without staff buy-in.

4 Ways Technology Supports Infection Prevention Activities

From the earliest point in the pandemic, mass amounts of misinformation caused fear and confusion...

The Power of Voice: Why Verbal Reminders So Effectively Improve Hand Hygiene

Most healthcare technologies use alarms to signal a need to take action. But busy healthcare...