Dirty Doctors of Vancouver Island

Recently the local health authority has audited hospitals on the Island related to hand washing and cleanliness.

Amazingly it seems than only 18% of doctors wash their hands prior to visiting patients.

Of all health workers, only 30% wash their hands.

It’s seems that at best, no more than 40% of those working in the Island hospitals deem it necessary to take one of the easiest steps to reduce the spread of illnesses.

The worst was the Saanich Peninsula Hospital where only 8% of health workers washed their hands.

In the past year all of Canada has been affected with the fears surrounding H1N1 influenza and it seems extraordinary that there is reluctance by the Health Care professionals to practice one of the most fundamental ways of reducing the spread of illness.

It seems very simple to understand that basic hand washing will keep us away from hospital and will keep our health care costs down. Doctors should know that and the results of this audit are disturbing.

The health authority describes the results as disappointing and unacceptable!

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Posted by Darryl Slade on Jun 21 2010. Filed under Featured News, Health. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry