Oral hygiene is important for overall well being. Brushing twice daily with fluoride toothpaste prevents cavities and gum ...

Hand-washing works One major point the COVID-19 pandemic helped drive home is how important it is to wash your hands. Washing ...

Pull the stopper, let the water run out, then replace the stopper and fill the sink as full as you can with cool (not ice ...

Not washing hands at critical times Most adults wash their hands after using the bathroom (69%), handling food (48%) and handling human or animal waste (39%), according to NFID's report.

Washing your hands also inactivates these bugs. “It also literally washes them away,” adds William Schaffner, MD, an infectious disease specialist and professor at the Vanderbilt University ...

A research team at the National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) yesterday said that it has developed a hand hygiene detection system to monitor healthcare workers’ compliance and reduce ...

And, reminds Zachary, “the beauty of hand washing is that you can also spot-treat something. If you want to wash the butt of some pants, you don’t have to get the whole garment wet. ...

Hand-washing adherence is on the up-and-up as more hospitals are holding their leadership accountable for hand hygiene, patient safety watchdog The Leapfrog Group reports. ...