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Hospitals install spying cameras to track hand washing rates among medical workers 12/21/2011 - Roughly 100,000 people die every year from hospital-acquired infections, and many of these could be prevented if more medical workers simply remembered to wash and sanitize their hands throughout the day, say experts. One way some hospitals are drastically increasing hand washing rates is by installing...

How to get your doctor to sing Happy Birthday while he washes his hands (satire) 10/31/2009 - I recently saw a poster in a medical building that stopped me cold. It was about influenza, and it said the following: To avoid spreading germs, wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing Happy Birthday to yourself. I did a double take. Really? Wash your hands while you sing Happy Birthday as...

Regular Hand Washing Makes Tremendous Positive Impact on Family Health 6/22/2008 - Several new studies published in the American Journal of Infection Control have demonstrated just how important hand washing is in preventing the transmission of disease in a household setting. The majority of prior studies on the importance of hand washing, which have implicated touch as the single...

New Test Finds Depleted Uranium 20 Years After Exposure 1/15/2008 - Depleted uranium (DU) has been found in the urine of Gulf War vets as long as 20 years after exposure. A highly sensitive test has been developed which can detect DU even when previous screening has proven negative. This test may assist with unresolved health claims. We are all exposed to minuscule...

U.S. Hospitals Plagued by Ten Times More MRSA Superbug Infections than Previously Thought 1/15/2008 - Nearly five percent of patients in U.S. hospitals may have acquired a particular antibiotic resistant staph infection, according to a nationwide survey conducted by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). Researchers surveyed a total of 1,200 hospitals and...

CDC's "Germstoppers" campaign uses low-brow language to teach complex hand washing skills (satire) 8/4/2006 - The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in the United States has a new program called "Germstoppers." This program consists -- in part -- of a full-page brochure that various institutions -- such as health clinics and hospitals -- can paste in their windows. The "Germstoppers" brochure attempts to educate...

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