- Hello Jeff - I guess one must stay away from hospitals,
doctors and nurses to stay healthy.
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- I am old enough to remember a time when the doctor ALWAYS
washed his (or her) hands before seeing a patient. Our family doctor would
wash his hands and inquire about the family while washing. He always had
time, not only to wash his hands thoroughly, but to talk to the patient.
It made us feel more secure in his interest in the patient, the patient's
family and life. ... and the family doctor was busy, he had a waiting room
filled with patients and time for each one.
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- We paid cash, so he didn't have to waste time on insurance
forms, or intricate billing. He simply "doctored" the good old-fashioned
way. His wife kept the books and made out any bills.
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- Unfortunately, today the way to stay healthy is to STAY
AWAY from doctors and nurses and hospitals.
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- Patty
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- Canada - Hand Washing Not Top Priority With Doctors,
Nurses
- By Frances Willick
- The Windsor Star
- 9-16-9
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- Nurses and doctors believe they're too busy to wash their
hands properly before tending to patients, says a University of Windsor
researcher.
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- "They're very busy. They're rush rush rush, and
when you rush, you're more likely to brush aside the hand hygiene practices,"
said Maher El-Masri, research leadership chair in the Faculty of Nursing.
- El-Masri recently collaborated with a researcher at the
University of Miami on a study of handwashing compliance at a Florida hospital.
The study revealed that the hospital's overall compliance rate was just
34.3 per cent.
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- "It was a bit surprising, given all the attention
given to the importance of handwashing. Nurses and doctors are supposed
to have 100 per cent compliance."
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- El-Masri said health professionals know they shouldn't
neglect to disinfect. "The truth of the matter is that health
care practitioners know they have to wash their hands. It's more of a behaviour
problem than a knowledge problem."
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- Other factors such as a lack of enforcement of handwashing
protocol, understaffing at hospitals and concerns about dry, cracked hands
likely deter health care practitioners from cleaning their hands, El-Masri
said.
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- The study also showed that workers were more likely to
wash their hands after coming into contact with a patient than before,
and that compliance was greater for high-risk procedures than for low-risk
ones.
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- While the study was conducted at a hospital in the U.S.,
compliance rates in Ontario are still surprisingly low.
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