Health system is focusing on new technology and new innovations to improve patient safety, quality director says. Although observations showed a 90% hand hygiene compliance across the health system ...

If there is one group of clinicians that is particularly pivotal to the success of any quality improvement initiatives — including though regarding hand hygiene compliance — it’s the nurses who work ...

A multifaceted hand hygiene program helped boost physician and nurse compliance nearly two- and four-fold, respectively, according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

Four nurse-led interventions helped increase hand hygiene compliance by approximately 66 percent in six months at a Chinese hospital, according to a study in the American Journal of Infection Control.

Older people who are hospitalized often aren't getting the oral care they need in the evening, according to a new study. The study of five Canadian hospitals found only about a third of patients were ...

ANNA, Ill. (KFVS) - As students prepare to head back to school, one Heartland nurse is collecting products that provide some peace-of-mind for young girls. “We have to get our basic needs met before ...

The Sherry Lesar School of Nursing and the Student Nurses Association at Montana Tech are collecting essential hygiene ...