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A recent survey reveals hygiene gaps in the cleaning of dispensers in hospitals, but good alternatives do exist. Thorough hand hygiene is essential for comprehensive...
In Germany, 70,000 people die from septic syndrome every year – a condition which is brought about when the body is unable to effectively combat a systemic...
Scientists at the Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC) investigated a behavioural approach to improve compliance. Right in the middle: the OPHARDT Hygiene...
It’s summer, it’s warm! Nothing seems to be further away than the annoying cold season endured over the autumn and winter. Yet the waiting rooms of...
The training centre for hand hygiene was the ideal venue for the lecture “Hygiene in Biology”. Thorough hand hygiene is widely regarded as the simplest, most...
Is the rise of allergies in developed societies correlated to hygiene? That was the idea behind the now famous hygiene hypothesis posited by epidemiologist David...
Whenever we go to a restaurant, we assume that those handling food products also employ proper hand hygiene techniques. In any food environment, cooks or food...
Nearly all healthcare professionals in the modern era come into regular contact with alcohol-based hand sanitizers as part of their hand hygiene program. In some...
According to a recent study by the renowned journal, The Lancet, more than half a million people die each year worldwide as a result of influenza-related respiratory...