Researchers tried various slogans to encourage travelers to lather up after using rest stop toilets, from the disgusting — "Soap it off or eat it later" — to the educational — "Water doesn't kill ...

Aug. 14, 2002 -- Rubbing the hands with an aqueous alcohol product was as good as the standard scrubbing protocol with respect to rates of surgical site infections, according to the results of a ...

At Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the annual cost savings from switching to alcohol-based scrubbing is estimated at $281,000 per operating room. Switching from water-based surgical scrubbing to an ...

Not sure if hand washing your face or using a scrub brush is the way to go? Here are the benefits of both to help you decide. There’s a lot of skin care information out there — too much at times! So ...

Heart surgeons meticulously scrub their hands for precisely one minute before each operation. This scientifically backed ritual, using antimicrobial agents, effectively reduces harmful microbes ...

Hand washing seems like a pretty easy concept to master: soap, water, scrub. How difficult can it be? Well, only 5 percent of people wash their hands long enough to kill germs, according to a study ...