Nurses are more conscientious handwashers than doctors, finds a study in this week's Christmas issue of the BMJ. Hand washing is a quick, cheap and easy way of preventing the spread of infection.

Each year, Global Handwashing Day shines a spotlight on one of the simplest and most effective public health practices: ...

Dr. Allan Capin, an urgent care physician at Cleveland Clinic, said most people touch their faces dozens of times a day. And ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. With pandemic-inspired panic buying keeping stocks of hand soap and hand sanitizer constantly low, you ...

Germs spread from surfaces to people when we touch a surface and then touch our face with unwashed hands. Proper handwashing is the best way to protect yourself and others from being exposed to ...

As the school year continue, local nurses say the basics matter most: breakfast, sleep, handwashing, and knowing when to keep ...

At the molecular level, soap breaks things apart. At the level of society, it helps hold everything together. By Ferris Jabr It probably began with an accident thousands of years ago. According to one ...

Running from patient room to patient room, it can be surprisingly easy for doctors and nurses to forget to wash their hands, especially if they’re dealing with an emergency. Hospitals have been ...

Sure, sure, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says you should wash your hands for 20 seconds, using lots of soap and friction. But when that recommendation meets poorly stocked public ...

It’s one of the most important things you can do to protect yourself, your family and your community. And if you’re like us, you’ve probably been doing it wrong. We asked the experts how to wash our ...