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antimicrobial
At IDWeek 2018, the annual conference for the Infectious Diseases Society of America, I was struck by one simple truth.
We are still talking about washing our hands, or in our professional lingo, hand hygiene.
Hand hygiene is the simplest, most effective way to prevent infection. Most of us know this intuitively, without the science, as we grew up being reminded by our parents and teachers to wash our hands. It simply makes sense. Our hands are the most exposed part of our body and are in constant contact with our non-sterile environment (fecal veneer, anyone?). If someone does not wash their hands in the restroom, we are aghast. Don’t they realize that is a health risk?
This issue even resulted in an #IDWeek2018 Twitter...
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