Why are Hospitals Breeding Grounds for Germs?
Recent studies have shown that hospital-acquired infections are not a normal side-effect of caring for the seriously ill, but are generally caused by poor medical care! This includes not only contaminated medical devices but also spreading germs from patient-to-patient. Doctors and nurses not washing their hands prior to touching a patient is the most common violation in hospitals. According to findings by The Times, in the worst cases, as few as 40 percent of staff members comply with hand-washing standards, with doctors being the worst offenders. But even the best hospitals typically boast no better than 90 percent compliance — which means one out of 10 practitioners may have contaminated hands. Doctors’ ties and even their white coats have also been implicated as potential causes of infection. At the University of Maryland, the Wall Street Journal reported that 65% of medical workers said they change their lab coats less than once a week — despite acknowledging they were contamina
