Monday, May 3, 2010

Handwashing Survey


A new survey indicates Ontario hospital workers still aren't washing their hands as often as they should before entering a patient's room.

They're supposed to scrub up every time they deal with a patient -- but the latest provincial survey suggests they fail to do so about a third of the time.

According to Ministry of Health Data, staff at Riverside Health Care Facilities were hand washing 60 per cent of the time before making contact with patients and 66 per cent afterwards.