If there's one body part that gets taken for granted, it's our hands. Nothing else is quite as essential for getting through the day, and once you hit a certain age, that integral nature starts to ...

It's one of the oldest jokes in medicine: Don't go to the hospital, it's full of sick people and germs. But public health officials say simple handwashing by medical staff can cut hospital infections ...

Public hospital patients will now be able to find out how often their doctors and nurses wash their hands. The handwashing rates at 233 public hospitals across Australia have been published on the ...

LAHORE, Oct 21: In the absence of basic facilities for hand washing in most public hospitals, some 91 per cent doctors and paramedics are not observing this practice after examining patients, reveals ...

WESTMINSTER — The skill of washing hands is an important tool in helping to prevent the spread of viruses. Bellows Falls Union High School senior Aliya Farmer, who wants to be a nurse practitioner ...

Handwashing is one of the simplest yet most powerful health practices known to humankind. This basic act, often taken for granted, plays a critical role in preventing the spread of diseases and ...

(Reuters) - A Florida nurse has offered some frank advice for people whose lax hygiene is contributing to a deadly flu outbreak, including "wash your stinking hands!" In the six-minute video entitled ...

A Belfast nurse who failed to wash his hands before dressing a patient’s wounds has been struck off. The nurse on a specialist surgical unit also confessed to taking blood from a patient with ...

“Washing your hands makes you happier,” The Mail Online reports. The idea that handwashing may help banish feelings of guilt and failure holds a powerful sway in the popular imagination – the most ...

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure! This came into realization during the chaotic times of the pandemic when washing hands thoroughly was the most basic precaution asked by the government ...