Hospital hygiene—let’s get with the program!

Columbus Dispatch reported Thursday on a 2 year effort to improve hand washing in central Ohio hospitals. It's up from 29% to 86%. That's good, but folks, I learned this in first grade! I've been in the hospital 2 times in the last decade, and was shocked at the careless hygiene. The national hand-hygiene compliance rate is less than 50%, and doctors are worse than nurses. But there's no bigger bang for the buck, so take the time! http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/01/10/hospitals-efforts-raise-rate-of-hand-washing-to-86.html