With health experts, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), encouraging people to frequently sanitize and wash their hands to stop the spread of the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak, ...

Every time you visit the dentist, you probably have the importance of flossing drilled into your brain. I’m sure you’re also highly aware of how crucial hand-washing is, especially since the pandemic.

Recently, Reddit user u/Little-Willingness88 asked, "What’s a hygiene habit that people don't talk about but really should?" Here are some of the top-voted responses (which include personal-hygiene ...

Hand hygiene is one of the most effective, affordable and universal tools we have to prevent the transmission of infections and provide high-quality, clean and safe medical care. While medical gloves ...

In recognition of "Clean Hands Week," Roswell, Ga.-based Kimberly-Clark Professional is offering free literature on proper hand washing and germ prevention. The ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On Global Handwashing Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF launched the first global guidelines for hand hygiene in community settings — a ...

* Wet your hands with warm, running water. * Add soap, then rub your hands together, making a soapy lather. Do this for at least 10 seconds away from the water so you don't wash the lather off. Wash ...

— -- For doctors and nurses, hand hygiene is supposed to be as intuitive as breathing. But is this behavior really second-nature, or do health care workers need supervision to keep their hand ...