Patients Avoid Asking Healthcare Workers To Wash Hands  Tue,
11/13/2012 - 11:57am   Researchers from the University of
Wisconsin designed and administered a questionnaire on awareness
of HAIs, including information about hand hygiene, to 200
patients who were at risk for or who had a history of infections
with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or
Clostridium difficile and to patients who were at risk for a
central line-associated bloodstream infection or surgical site
infection. The survey was administered to determine patient
beliefs about hand hygiene of healthcare workers and their
willingness to engage healthcare workers in proper hand hygiene
behaviors.  Nearly all patients (99.5 percent) believed that
healthcare workers were supposed to wash their hands before and
after caring for patients. Most (90.5 percent) believed that
healthcare workers should be reminded to wash their hands if
they forget. However, only 64 percent and 54 percent of patients
indicated that they would feel comforta