Carol A. Cates, MSN, MBA, RN, is the chief nursing officer at Odessa Regional Medical Center. You can reach her via e-mail at [email protected] It seems like since COVID started to hit the U.S. hard ...

In 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) established May 5 as World Hand Hygiene Day — a day to remind people across the globe of the importance of handwashing in healthcare settings and to bring ...

Wife of Oyo Governor, Mrs. Tamunominini Makinde has urged students across the State to embrace regular and proper hand washing, saying it saves lives. She also urged stakeholders to join hand to ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides a free, downloadable high-quality poster for placement throughout a facility to show bugs that can lead to infection and may be found on unclean ...

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology provides a free, downloadable flyer on hand hygiene. The flyer, titled “Clean Hands Saves Lives!,” provides guidance when how to ...

How important is hand washing? With flu season upon us and the importance of food safety, you decide. Consider the following facts: o Up to half of all men and a quarter of all women fail to wash ...

Handwashing is one of the simplest and most effective ways to prevent the spread of diseases and save lives, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Proper hand hygiene can reduce ...