Clean Clean Clean

At first we thought it was almost laughable to have an OSCE station on hand washing. However, Hand Washing is the single most common cause of spread of hospital infections. MRSA and other lovely bugs can live happily on those bits of your hands you miss and be passed from Joe Bloggs in Bed 1 to A. N. Other in Bed 3.



The NHS (and therefore the med-school) hammer into us the correct hand washing technique. Those with a great interest (or a mild form of OCD) can watch this educational NHS film (sorry- embedding wasn't working) and have a play in their own time :-)



The most commonly bits people (including NHS staff!) miss are-
* Thumbs
* Fingertips and Nail Beds
* Back of hands and fingers
* Underneath your rings and watch

Happy Hand Washing!