Microbiology 9th Edition by Laura Black, Jacquelyn Black

Exercise 23

The following is a true story. A nursing student spent the day working with a nurse preceptor. At the end of the day, when meeting with their nursing school coordinator, the student re marked that the nurse had only washed her hands once during the entire day. The nurse had changed bedpansand treated patients! The nurse had used gloves on occasion. The student CLINICAL CASE STUDYnurse was in a quandary as to how to deal with the situation. Visit the following CDC website to learn more about how hand washing continues to be an issue in health care. Can health prac titioners wash their hands too much? What new methods are re placing soap and water in hand washing? (http:// www.cdc.gov/handhygiene/index.html)