Roughly five years ago Rhode Island Hospital in Providence had a hand hygiene problem. Only 40-50 percent of all hand washing that was supposed to take place was actually happening, and, as a result, ...

Call it a Breathalyzer for the hands. Using sensors capable of detecting drugs in breath, new technology developed at University of Florida monitors health-care workers' hand hygiene by detecting ...

Hand-washing, patient falls and injuries and collapsed lungs were cited as areas of concern for metro-east area hospitals this autumn, according to a watchdog report released Nov. 16. The Leapfrog ...

Doctors, get ready to wash your hands. Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown announced on Tuesday plans for a $100,000 initiative to ensure that hospital employees statewide wash their hands properly.