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‘Pupils need hand-washing lessons to cut drug resistance’
7th of October 2015
Schoolchildren should be taught how to wash their hands properly in order to tackle the growing threat of drug-resistant bacteria, say UK health officials.
Draft National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines for England recommend that teachers demonstrate the correct use of soap and water to their students.
The guidelines come as
The dirtiest part of a plane? It's right in front of you
22nd of September 2015
What do you believe to be the dirtiest part of a plane? And no, it's not the toilet. Actually an evaluation of germs per square inch on different surfaces in airports and on planes found that the average tray table harbours nearly 20 times more bacteria than the aircraft toilet flush.
Travel website Travelmath.com sent a microbiologist to take
Healthcare workers miss key areas when using hand sanitisers
21st of September 2015
More than half of healthcare workers commonly miss key areas of their hands when applying hand sanitiser, a new study has found.
Researchers discovered that fewer than 40 per cent of clinicians apply sanitiser to their thumbs. The fingertips and backs of hands were also among the top three most frequently-missed areas.
The team of researchers in
Office workers give germs the elbow, says survey
3rd of September 2015
Two in five office workers have used another part of their body to exit the toilets at work to avoid getting germs from colleagues on their hands, according to a survey commissioned by Kimberly–Clark Professional.
The findings from the research, which was conducted among 303 office workers across England, revealed that most people who use
Hand washing really does reduce infections, trial scheme finds
25th of August 2015
A three-year study into the effects of hand washing on reducing illnesses has proved that the practice really does work.
The study, which involved 20,000 adults, is the first large-scale randomised test to confirm that increased hand washing leads to lower rates of infection. It looked at the impact of hand washing on rates of acute respiratory,
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