A study has found that nurses and environmental and food services staffers wash their hands more frequently than other healthcare workers, according to an article on the Safety + Health website.
In a recent study from Ecolab – a manufacturer of water, hygiene, and energy technologies and services — researchers electronically monitored the use of alcohol-based hand rub among 3,927 healthcare workers at five medical facilities while calculating the workers’ total hand hygiene product use and hours on the job.
Findings showed that use rates among nurses and non-clinical personnel rated in the 95th percentile for all workers.
These employees applied hand rub an average of 9.1 times per hour while washing their hands an average of 2.1 times an hour. The average use rates for all workers in these categories was 3.6 and 0.7, respectively.
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