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Hospital Resorts To Cameras To Ensure Employees Wash Hands
onehitwonder writes "Long Island's North Shore University Hospital is using sensors and video cameras to make sure employees wash their hands, according to an article in today's New York Times. Motion sensors detect when hospital staff enter an intensive care unit, and the sensors trigger a video camera. Feeds from the video camera are transmitted to India, where workers there check to make sure staff are washing their hands. The NYT article notes that hospital workers wash their hands as little as 30 percent of the time that they interact with patients. The Big Brother like system is intended to reduce transmission of infections as well as the costs associated with treating them."
Then you should switch type/brands! The use of sanitizer instead of soap and water for dentists and doctors here in Sweden have dramatically decreased skin problems as hand sanitizer in most cases are better in preserving skin moisture than (even mild/re-hydrating) soap. Sure there are brands that doesn't contain re-hydrating compounds and sure there are people just not "compatible" with sanitizers but in general it's a win.