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The History of Hand Washing

Person putting on medical gloves as demonstration of major step in the history of hand washing.

We can thank much of today’s hand hygiene knowledge to a Hungarian doctor—Ignaz Semmelweis—who discovered the vital connection between hand washing and disease in the mid-1800s. We’re getting ahead of ourselves here though—so let’s back it up a bit and take a deeper look at the history of hand washing. The origins of hand washing […]

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