During a pandemic, hospital staffers urged to get better at hand-washing

Specific hand-hygiene standards for doctors, nurses and hospital staff are needed

Hand washing can be a serious problem in ordinary times at healthcare facilities; during the Covid-19 emergency it could become extraordinarily dangerous, according to an article on the STAT website.

One way the government can protect public safety is by immediately setting specific hand hygiene standards for doctors, nurses and hospital staff, the article said.

U.S. hospitals are required to have programs in place to improve hand hygiene, but there’s no concrete goal.

Plus, there’s not even monitoring of a national compliance rate.

Read the article.

April 7, 2020

Topic Area: Infection Control

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