Note that a flight-training generation is less than a human reproductive generation; it's the time from first lesson taken to first lesson taught (plus some). It had to wait for the older instructors to retire.
We are still in transition, in medicine. Many physicians have not yet cottoned to hand-washing, yet.
What?!? How many generations has it been since Louis Pasteur?
Two or three are absolutely fastidious about hand washing.
The rest are not.
And about 150 years, so 4-5 generations of surgeons. Not exactly many.
Anyone with medical knowledge, feel free to inform me if that idea is totally off-base.
- The CEO's semi-monthly emails have either contained a) reminders to get the flu shot in flu season and b) statements about washing hands.
- Thirty minutes of your new employee orientation is used to discuss handwashing with some funny stories about diarrhea and they go around to every single person to make sure they're washing them correctly.
- Upon entering a patient room, anyone entering is supposed to wash their hands
- Anyone can call out a doctor and ask if they've washed their hands and there are signs to make patients comfortable asking them to do so as well.
So yeah, 2019 and people still need all that as reminders.
This feedback and public transparency was both amusing, and enforcing of the necessary handwashing.
Among this cohort, the mean self-estimated handwashing rate was 73% (range, 50%-95%), compared with the covertly observed rate for this cohort of 8.6% before and 10.8% after patient contact, with an individual mean rate of 10% (range, 0-33%).
[1] https://www.mja.com.au/journal/1996/164/7/teaching-hospital-...
This feedback and public transparency was both amusing, and enforcing of the necessary handwashing.
This isn't really true. They know it's important.
1) Have you ever washed your hands 12 times a day for a week? Think about what your hands would be like.
2) Washing hands properly takes somewhere around 2 minutes. That's a significant fraction of an hour--just spent washing your hands.
Given this, disposable gloves seem like a much better answer.
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