Brits have been warned that using alcohol gel hand sanitisers will not stop the spread of the norovirus winter vomiting bug that has seen a record number of hospitalised. The UK Health and Security ...

Cornwall, England, UK, Hand sanitizing point for the general public to use free of charge during Covid-19 in a Cornwall park area. (Photo by: Peter Titmuss/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) ...

Handwashing is a routine habit for eliminating dirt and germs most of us encounter daily. But despite the health benefits of hand hygiene, a survey finds that a large segment of people wash their ...

You've likely never thought about hand soap more than just browsing the grocery store aisles when you run out. But after almost two years of washing our hands incessantly (at least we hope so), it's ...

Why is hand hygiene important in the COVID-19 pandemic? Our hands can be a critical vector in the transmission of infectious organisms. Infectious viruses can persist on surface materials for several ...

Wexham Park Hospital leads the UK’s first “water-safe” overhaul, removing sinks from wards to combat rising antimicrobial-resistant infections and rethinking everything clinicians know about hygiene ...

There has been a decline in consumer handwashing from mid-2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, based on results from a Food Standards Agency (FSA) survey. Between April 2020 and January 2022, the ...

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