The Massachusetts Office of Health and Human Services provides a free, downloadable poster encouraging handwashing by displaying statistics relating to foodborne illnesses. The poster encourages ...

Hand-washing adherence is on the up-and-up as more hospitals are holding their leadership accountable for hand hygiene, patient safety watchdog The Leapfrog Group reports. Since it began collecting ...

Hand washing is recommended for some types of clothes, such as lingerie, unstructured wool items, cashmere sweaters, and any fabrics that can be damaged by too much agitation. However, the pile of ...

One major point the COVID-19 pandemic helped drive home is how important it is to wash your hands. Washing your hands is essential to good hygiene and stopping germs from spreading. Washing your hands ...

People were washing their hands so much early in the pandemic that sensitive skin and soap shortages were common problems in 2020. All this focus on hand-washing was for good reason. The science ...

World Hand Hygiene Day: Even if you wash your hands every day, you may still be missing the spots where germs love to hide. On World Hand Hygiene Day, health experts say that quick handwashing often ...