Comments on: Just Asking… Who Washes the Hand Gel Dispensers? http://gigglemed.com/just-asking-hand-gel (: medicine is fun again :) Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:59:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dun Tzu http://gigglemed.com/just-asking-hand-gel/comment-page-1#comment-43388 Dun Tzu Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:35:33 +0000 http://gigglemed.com/?p=751#comment-43388 @Jenni - "you don’t rely on the gel when dealing with C.diff, you wash your hands." That's the main point of this cartoon/comic thingy & my 1st comment. No one in their right minds would wash the top of the hand gel dispensers, so point #2 of this cartoon/comic thingy is "anytime your hands have to touch anything, there's potential transmission"... so, (a) use motion-sensed gel dispensers, (b) be mindful of the surfaces you touch (buttons, keyboards, door knobs, etc), & (c) proper hand-washing is still better. Lastly, you don't always know when you're dealing with C.diff. You can spread it way before you even suspect it. @Jenni – “you don’t rely on the gel when dealing with C.diff, you wash your hands.” That’s the main point of this cartoon/comic thingy & my 1st comment.

No one in their right minds would wash the top of the hand gel dispensers, so point #2 of this cartoon/comic thingy is “anytime your hands have to touch anything, there’s potential transmission”… so, (a) use motion-sensed gel dispensers, (b) be mindful of the surfaces you touch (buttons, keyboards, door knobs, etc), & (c) proper hand-washing is still better.

Lastly, you don’t always know when you’re dealing with C.diff. You can spread it way before you even suspect it.

]]> By: Jenni http://gigglemed.com/just-asking-hand-gel/comment-page-1#comment-43371 Jenni Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:50:04 +0000 http://gigglemed.com/?p=751#comment-43371 I'm with me innit....Dun Tzu, C. diff does not jump off and cling to you!! And in our health board you're educated to know that you don't rely on the gel when dealing with C.diff, you wash your hands. I’m with me innit….Dun Tzu, C. diff does not jump off and cling to you!! And in our health board you’re educated to know that you don’t rely on the gel when dealing with C.diff, you wash your hands.

]]> By: Dun Tzu http://gigglemed.com/just-asking-hand-gel/comment-page-1#comment-26130 Dun Tzu Sat, 04 Dec 2010 12:12:58 +0000 http://gigglemed.com/?p=751#comment-26130 @me init - except that the hand gels are not very good at protecting against C. diff. There's probably a Clostridium convention on top of those bad boys. @me init – except that the hand gels are not very good at protecting against C. diff. There’s probably a Clostridium convention on top of those bad boys.

]]> By: me init http://gigglemed.com/just-asking-hand-gel/comment-page-1#comment-26128 me init Sat, 04 Dec 2010 11:50:01 +0000 http://gigglemed.com/?p=751#comment-26128 well everyone touches it but then they clean their hands so no one really needs to "/ well everyone touches it but then they clean their hands so no one really needs to “/

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