report on a study about the continuing reluctance of patients to question healthcare providers, especially physicians, about hand hygiene, elicited some interesting comments from healthcare workers, who as patients, failed to speak up for their own sake. As a patient, how likely are you to remind a physician to perform hand hygiene before attending to you?

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Weekly poll: Personally speaking up on hand hygiene

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April 19, 2012

A report on a study about the continuing reluctance of patients to question healthcare providers, especially physicians, about hand hygiene, elicited some interesting comments from healthcare workers, who as patients, failed to speak up for their own sake. As a patient, how likely are you to remind a physician to perform hand hygiene before attending to you?

Take the OSHA Healthcare Advisor Weekly Poll and let us know.






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