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Hand-washing works One major point the COVID-19 pandemic helped drive home is how important it is to wash your hands. Washing ...

How to Wash Your Hands Properly, According to a Doctor. Jillian Kramer. Wed, February 26, 2020 at 6:33 PM UTC. 2 min read. ... If you are diligent about proper hand washing, ...

Washing hands every time reduces the risk of diarrheal illnesses, colds and foodborne illnesses. It’s poor hand hygiene that leads to most outbreaks of gastrointestinal illnesses.

Why Hand-Washing Really Is as Important as Doctors Say Washing your hands decreases the number of microbes on your hands and helps prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

Many health-care workers do not wash their hands nearly as often as they should, but one Detroit hospital may have found a way to improve hand hygiene. The infection team at the Henry Ford Health ...

If you think the grim coronavirus death toll is causing health care workers everywhere to always wash their hands, think again. Surprisingly, the Covid pandemic may not have significantly boosted ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I use a beauty bar for hand-washing. Am I just giving the virus et al. a spa day and I need to also use a hand sanitizer? -- M.C. ANSWER: Humans like scented beauty bars, but ...

Eventually the doctors gave up the chlorine hand-washing, and Semmelweis — he lost his job. Even today, convincing health care providers to take hand washing seriously is a challenge.

The Harris County Hospital District is stepping up efforts to get doctors to wash their hands frequently, enlisting patients to encourage good hygiene habits and implementing stiffer penalties for ...

The pioneering doctor behind hand-washing 01:35. There was a time in the not-too-distant past when hand-washing, even for doctors, wasn't considered part of basic hygiene.