IRELAND HANDWASHING
July 1st, 2005
BY MONICA DOBIEA RECENT Irish study has found that whilst nurses responded to a hospital campaign to increase hand-washing, almost half of affected doctors still failed to take this basic cleanliness precaution. According to the Oxford-based Journal of Advanced Nursing, only 51% of Ireland hospital staff surveyed followed hand-washing guidelines before a hygiene campaign was launched. Doctors showed the lowest compliance levels in the first place, and the smallest improvement: 31% before the campaign and 55% afterwards. Nurses' performed much better, increasing ...
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