A Canadian microbiologist is warning good handwashing habits adopted during the pandemic have fallen by the wayside. The ...

A hand hygiene intervention, which encouraged patients and visitors to the participating units to perform audits of health ...

Many neglect handwashing after public outings, risking germ spread. Soap and water are vital, especially when coughing or sneezing, to prevent infections, experts say.

Washing your hands is one of the simplest yet most effective ways to maintain good hygiene, prevent infections and safeguard public health. Hand washing is a fundamental aspect of hygiene ...

Importance of washing hands: Since childhood, people are taught to wash their hands and maintain some amount of hygiene, for it can keep infections and illnesses away. The habit of handwashing has ...

Each year on May 5, the world observes World Hand Hygiene Day, reminding us of one of the simplest and most powerful ways to protect our health—washing our hands. In a country like India ...

World Hand Hygiene Day serves as a timely reminder that something as simple as handwashing can be an effective defence against infections—not just during pandemics, but also during seasonal ...

The news comes as the US starts a global trade war that could plunge Britain into recession and amid claims the NHS is wasting taxpayers' money on expensive foreign IT systems instead of buying ...

Hand hygiene facilities should include instructional posters. expose forearms (bare below the elbow ... cover all cuts or abrasions with a waterproof dressing. *refer to NHS England uniforms and ...

The government have released an apology after launching an 'offensive' NHS poster featuring a Sikh man whilst urging the public to quit smoking. The poster featured a stock image of a Sikh man ...

The poster - which was uploaded to the NHS website and has now been deleted - featured a stock image from the website Alamy of a turbaned Sikh alongside the wording "make 2025 the year you quit ...

Antonia Philp was working as a paediatric nurse when, in 2010, she was forced to take a fortnight off because of her red, cracked and bleeding hands. “It was from the constant hand washing and ...