Trade group: Medical workers do well with hand hygiene
Hospital Safety Connection, September 12, 2007
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Healthcare workers got a B+ from a national group when it comes to their efforts to wash their hands.
That's good news from the third annual "Clean Hands Report Card," which The Soap and Detergent Association issued last week.
The report card noted the following results for healthcare professionals, who were grouped in the survey with school nurses:
- 97% washed their hands after going to the bathroom
- 64% washed their hands more than 10 times each day
- 44% lathered their hands with soap for less than the recommended 15-20 seconds
"Not surprisingly, school nurses/health professionals report having the most knowledge about the benefits of hand hygiene--and put it into practice," according to a press release from The Soap and Detergent Association, which is a trade group representing manufacturers of household, industrial, and institutional cleaning products.
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