Article: Handwashing with soap halved pneumonia rates.(Infection control Update)

Article: Handwashing: technology adds a measure of management: to ...
Foodservice Equipment & Supplies;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... interventions against foodborne illness, handwashing. It is not surprising to find ... operators and regulators agree that handwashing frequency is about half of what ... starved by the current lack of handwashing data and process controls. The ...

Article: Global Handwashing Day: Campaigning to save children lives ...
Yemen Times (Sana'a, Yemen);  April 19, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... 15 -- The first-ever Global Handwashing Day took place on Wednesday ... Year of Sanitation, and Global Handwashing Day echoes and reinforces its ... improved hygiene practices. Global Handwashing Day will be the centerpiece of ...

Article: Ensuring compliance.(Handwashing)(Advertisement)
Chain Leader;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... tightly on such basic hygiene issues as handwashing, many operators are redoubling their ... being reminded that basic issues like handwashing need to be a trip priority at all times ... complete evaluation of how it was handling handwashing--everything from training new hires ...

Article: Campaign Improves Handwashing Compliance.(Brief Article)
Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA;  April 18, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... participated in the development of a persuasive campaign geared toward handwashing, that their actual rate of handwashing increased significantly. Although handwashing is one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of infections in ...

Article: Handwashing program decreases incidence of diarrhea among ...
Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA;  June 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... net) -- An intensive program of handwashing education and promotion in Pakistan ... Previous studies have estimated that handwashing promotion interventions could prevent ... adequately assess the impact of household handwashing on diarrhea in infants. Luby and colleagues ...

Article: 'Handwashing With Soap, Panacea Against Pandemics'.
Africa News Service;  October 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Handwashing with soap, when coupled with educational ... by 48-59 per cent; while regular handwashing with soap has also recently been shown ... Central Africa on the first-ever Global Handwashing Day (October 15) to accelerate awareness ...

Article: Study Shows Handwashing Can Reduce Infections In ...
Child Health Alert;  May 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... centers were instructed on effective handwashing, and the others were not--so they ... staff were taught how to properly use handwashing, including "counting to 10" for washing ... entertaining, the authors used songs about handwashing in nursery rhyme melodies. Handwashing ...