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Despite the government’s best intentions to provide the poor and the underserved with health insurance, out-of-pocket expenditure on hospital bills and medicines remains one of the top reasons for pushing…
Despite the government’s best intentions to provide the poor and the underserved with health insurance, out-of-pocket expenditure on hospital bills and medicines remains one of the top reasons for pushing…
A shortened 15-second application time and a simpler three-step technique for use of alcohol-based hand rub is as effective in reducing bacteria as the 30-second application and six-step technique recommended…
Kimberly-Clark Professional and Gojo Industries have announced their partnership to offer a premium smart washroom management system in connected awayfrom- home washroom environments such as office buildings, airports and universities.…
According to a study published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, the effect of alcohol-based surgical hand rub improved the quality and reduced the duration of the hand preparation, being…
The XIBU XL senseFLUID from Hagleitner Hygiene International GmbH is a dispenser for professional skin protection and hand hygiene (in accordance with PPE guidelines). The waterproof dispenser can also withstand…
Due importance is given to personal hygiene, but at the professional front, it is hand hygiene that requires a greater focus. Without proper hand hygiene practices, It is not just an individual who is at stake, but several people who depend upon the type of work delivered by that individual.
Over 80,000 children from the Kiambu region in Kenya celebrated the Global Hand Washing day on October 15 by pledging to wash their hands at least five times a day.…
A major three-year trial led by researchers at University College London, in partnership with the Health Protection Agency, has shown that giving one-to-one feedback to healthcare workers makes them twice…
In order to persuade the people not to defecate in the open and to educate people about hygiene and cleanliness, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to use ‘gandhigiri.’Special groups…
In the last issue CIJ discussed the various kinds of gloves suitable for the food industry. While it is true that gloves form effective barriers, they do not eliminate the chances of contamination. Use of gloves thus calls for stringent practices during usage, frequency of change and its disposal.