In general, fairly frequently. I enjoy the feeling of clean hands.
When at work at the pharmacy, constantly (which includes the germ-killing substances like the Purell).
When I was doing my clinical rotations to be an EMT- obsessively. This also includes the use of germ-killing substances like Purell, or the foam-style the hospitals here seem to use a lot (which are great).
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
The main reason doctors don't these days is gloves.
With latex gloves being a requirement (unlike prior to the early 80's) you feel less need to constantly wash your hands. Its also VERY annoying trying to put on the gloves with damp hands as they stick.
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I find it way more than very annoying. lol
Anyhow, yeah, one thing we were told very early on in the program is that the gloves will give us a false sense of general protection. The real issue is, you use gloves to do things with the patient, but then you take them off and touch
everything else in the entire hospital or ambulance without them. lol
So yeah, my hands are practically sterile all day when i'm working. lol