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Diana Corley Scholarship for Bachelor’s Degree California Dental Hygiene Students.

Applications for the 2025 Diana Corley Scholarship are due October 20, 2025. The winners will be announced at the 2025 House of Delegates.

One $2,000 award will be granted each year to a dental hygiene student in an entry bachelor’s degree program or a bachelor’s degree completion program, of any major.

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World Hand Hygiene Day 2025

May 5 is World Hand Hygiene Day. Each year the SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign aims to progress the goal of maintaining a global profile on the importance of hand hygiene in health care and to ‘bring people together’ in support of hand hygiene improvement globally. The theme for this year’s World Hand Hygiene Day is It might be gloves, it's always hand hygiene.

It is recognized at this time that countries and healthcare facilities should continue to highly prioritize optimal hand hygiene practices (using the appropriate technique and according to the WHO 5 Moments) alongside appropriate glove use, including through greater awareness and supported by IPC practitioners as part of an IPC team and program.

World Hand Hygiene Day 2025 Medical gloves are used in healthcare and are defined as disposable gloves used during medical procedures. These gloves can get contaminated as easily as bare hands and do not protect 100%. When worn, gloves should be removed, for example, after touching a patient and hand hygiene performed immedia....