<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/downstate-update/digest/issue-06/biovigil-green-light-for-clean-hands.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories>Downstate Health</categories><pubDate>08/27/2026 04:00:00 PM</pubDate><title>Green Light for Clean Hands and Safer Care</title><sub-title/><description>Eight years after introducing BioVigil, University Hospital at Downstate renewed the program last week with an event in The Commons focused on hand hygiene and patient safety.</description><author>Office of Communications &amp; Marketing</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/news-events/downstate-update/digest/issue-06/_images/biovigil-relaunch-2.jpg" alt="Biovigil Relaunch"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/news-events/downstate-update/digest/issue-06/biovigil-green-light-for-clean-hands.xml</loc><tags><tag>Downstate Health</tag><tag>Keep Care Close</tag><tag>University Hospital at Downstate</tag></tags><categories><category>Downstate Health</category></categories></item>