A study published in the Journal of Environmental Health found that only 5% of consumers wash their hands correctly. Scientists trained 12 college students in the field of data collection. They then observed 3,749 people washing their hands in public toilets. The observers found that 15% of the men and 7% of women didn’t wash … Read more
Touching foods with hands that aren’t clean is a major source of foodborne illness. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) all have information about preventing illness with handwashing. Here’s what they recommend. If you are planing a picnic at a park, … Read more
The Word Health Organization (WHO) has declared May 5 Hand Hygiene as a way to encourage health workers to practice good hand hygiene. Health care associated infections affect hundreds of millions of people every year. And research has shown that most of these infections could be prevented by better handwashing practices. Poor employee hygiene is also considered … Read more
Dr. Ron Cutler, a biomedical scientist in London specializing in infectious diseases and their control and treatment, has run studies at Queen Mary – University of London, proving that such things as restaurant high chairs and your car’s steering wheel are likely to have more germs than a public toilet seat. Now he’s examined 200 … Read more
Students and faculty at Duke University are getting a lesson in the importance of thorough hand washing as a result of several suspected norovirus infections on campus in the past week. Dr. George Jackson, co-director of Employee Occupational Health and Wellness, was quoted in Duke Today as saying, “All students, faculty and staff are advised … Read more