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42. Hospitals Can Make You Sick
About 100,000 people die each year in US
from infections that they get while they are
the hospital. Less than half that many die
US highways. The hospital deaths are due to
housekeeping and poor hygiene. Floors, walls, and doors
not cleaned regularly or thoroughly. Room dividers are
never cleaned. The carts that carry food trays,
the trays themselves, are usually contaminated from handling
coughing. Cooks and other food handlers can easily
the food by not washing properly after using
bathroom.
Doctors and nurses are just as guilty
other staff. Doctors rarely clean their stethoscopes after
patient. Nurses apply blood pressure cuffs to patient
patient without cleaning the cuffs. Doctors often put
gloves without washing their hands first. As a
, the germs on their hands are transferred to
outside of the gloves.
Consumer groups warn patients
they must demand cleanliness. If they see or
unsanitary conditions, they must tell someone immediately. It
be a matter of life or death. But,
one patient said, "No way! You don't tell
boss that he has bad breath, and you
't tell your doctor that he needs to wash
hands."
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