Freaky Failure
Being in the wrong place at the wrong time
to just by chance suffer a loss
because of someone else’s failure
Every year, about 100,000 hospital patients die because of drug-resistant superbugs. In hospitals that use motion detectors to activate video cameras, electronic badges that track handwashing, and radio-frequency computer chips in sinks, “numerous medical professionals have been caught trying to cheat the system…” One hidden camera study found that only 10% of medical staff washed their hands. Medical professionals use these justifications to fail at handwashing:
High pressure environments
Tedium of washing hands
Focusing on difficult tasks rather than simple tasks
Resistance to authority
“Hospitals and Superbugs: Go in Sick…Get Sicker”
Coco Ballantyne
Scientific American
October 18, 2007
“Hospitals Enforce Hand-Washing to Reduce High Patient Death Rate from In-House Infections”
allgov.com
May 31, 2013
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Paula M. Kramer
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