March 22, 2010 (Atlanta, Georgia) — Rates of surgical site infection after the use of plain soap and water or an alcohol-based rub for surgical hand preparation were comparable (about 8%) in a rural ...

When used correctly, both alcohol-based hand disinfectants recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) are effective against the novel coronavirus Sars-Cov-2, as confirmed by an international ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a 30 second application of a six-step hand washing and hand rub regimen that could keep infections away. New research titled, 'Simplifying the WHO ...

Washing hands with soap and water is the most effective way to stop the spread of germs. But when soap and water isn't available, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends using ...

A study, published in the Journal of Hospital Infection, examined if there is any difference in efficacy between hand rubs containing alcohols that are in liquid, gel or foam form. The researchers ...

New research shows that applying alcohol-based hand rub in 15 seconds using a three-step technique is as effective for hand hygiene as the protocol recommended by the World Health Organization, which ...

Hand hygiene saves lives. In fact, it’s the single most important measure for preventing the spread of pathogens.Alcohol-based hand rubs are the global standard for hand hygiene in healthcare ...

Hand sanitizer is just alcohol suspended in a hand rub, which neutralizes germs that might be lurking on your hands, including SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The Centers for ...

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Umair Jabbar , BA, Julie Leischner , MD, Douglas Kasper , MD, Robert Gerber , MD, Susan P. Sambol , BS, MT(ASCP), Jorge P. Parada , MD, MPH, Stuart Johnson , MD and ...

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- October 2022, a team of stethoscope hygiene experts met in Washington, D.C. and came to a sobering conclusion: "We can't wash our way out of this". For years ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – With bottled anti-bacterial sanitizers like Purell flying off the shelves as New Yorkers try to avoid contracting the coronavirus (COVID-19), you might be asking yourself if the ...