Study finds low hand hygiene compliance on ICUs

(European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) Healthcare workers on intensive care units (ICUs) are regularly missing opportunities to clean their hands during the care of patients, despite its critical importance for infection control, according to new research being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology& Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Amsterdam, Netherlands (April 13-16).
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news