The dumb list just got longer
Over the past year, I've been keeping a list of really dumb things hospitals have done to reduce infections. Here's the latest:
- A Toronto hospital is banning magazines in waiting rooms. While they're at it, I think they should also ban chairs--there are bacteria on chairs, you know?
- Christmas decorations
- Aquariums
- Flowers
- Sitting on the hospital bed
- Reducing hospital visiting hours from 4 hours to 3.5 hours
They should probably just ban people! That would serve three purposes - cut length of stay (patients), reduce employee costs (HCW) and decrease bacteria (both patients and HCW).
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