Hand hygiene is one of the topmost concerns of hospitals as it prevents infections in the hospital. Physicians and nurses not following hand hygiene in a hospital can result in the outbreak of serious infections.
Treating these infections may cost the hospital lot of money. And sometimes these infections can result in patient deaths causing lawsuits.
Inspite of the importance of hand hygiene, compliance to hand hygiene is on an average 40% (per Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published on October 25, 2002 by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
Some methods for hand hygiene are washing hands with soap or using alcohol based rub.
Several studies have proved that alcohol based rubs are more effective than washing hands with plain soap and water.
However, older nurses at this local hospital did not believe this. It was proven by measuring the number of pathogens found on the hands of nurses using soap versus those using alcohol. Only after seeing for themselves, the nurses believed in that alcohol was better than using soap.
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