A World Health Organization-endorsed six-step hand hygiene technique using alcohol-based hand sanitizer gel is more effective at removing bacteria than a three-step technique that the CDC recommends, ...

Good hand hygiene is crucial to help prevent healthcare-associated infections. This article, the final part in a six-part series discusses the principles of hand hygiene and the procedure for cleaning ...

Healthcare worker compliance with the World Health Organization’s six steps of using hand rub to completely cover hands pales in comparison to their compliance with WHO’s Five Moments for Hand Hygiene ...

A six-step hand-washing process developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) is more effective than the three-step approach suggested by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a study has ...

Batman versus Superman. The World Health Organization’s six-step hand hygiene technique versus the CDC’s three-step method. Which is superior? While the debate around the superheroes may never be ...

Johns Hopkins provides two free, downloadable posters used to remind healthcare workers about the importance of proper hand hygiene technique. The posters, both titled “Hand Hygiene: How’s Your ...