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Doctors don’t wash their hands

Web Watch cringes every time we see a MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL WEAR SCRUBS outside of the office.

We’ve told you about DIRTY STETHOSCOPES.

Guess what else is on our shock list?

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How about a RECENT STUDY ABOUT HAND WASHING AMONGST DOCTORS AND NURSES? You won’t like what you hear.

  • Doctors are notoriously bad about not washing their hands.  In the study, they found just 61%-68% of the medical professionals bothered to wash their hands between seeing patients.  (Nurses fared better overall, with a hand washing routine for 77%-84% of those surveyed)
  • The lowest compliance rate was 55% hand washing before seeing a patient.

Some locations did hit 99%, but when it comes to health – just like a restaurant food score – anything below 100% is just a germ-filled time bomb waiting to happen.