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November 23, 2005
Wash Your Hands ... Carefully
Who knew that hand washing could lead to dry skin and infections!
Studies have shown that a reason oft-repeated by healthcare workers as to why they aren’t always compliant with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s “Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings”1 is because frequent washing causes dry, cracked skin. That’s not just an aesthetic problem; it’s an occupational hazard for themselves and their patients. Cracks in dry skin provide perfect hiding places for pathogens that can be transferred from Healthcare workers’ (HCWs) hands to sick patients in the blink of an eye.
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Posted on November 23, 2005 12:40 AM by Dry Sk35.
Filed in Skin Care News under dry skin.
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