Hand washing is one of the best way to prevent diseases. It was implemented by Ignaz Semmelweis in the early 1800s. The death rate of women (after childbirth) in Semmeilweis department at the Vienna General Hospital was high. Physicians and male medical students were not performing proper hand hygiene when dealing with patients. They moved from treating patients to patients without washing their hands. They would move from performing autopsies to delivering babies.
Hand washing requires water and soap. It is important to wash hands after you remove your gloves. Wash your hands after using the restroom, before and after preparing food, taking care of patients, after sneezing, coughing, shaking hands with others.
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"Adult Health." Hand-washing: Do's and Don'ts. Mayo Clinic, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2015. <http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/adult-health/in-depth/hand-washing/art-20046253>.
Colyer, Christa. "Childbed Fever: A Nineteenth-Century Mystery." CHILDBED FEVER (n.d.): n. pag. University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Web. <http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/files/childbed_fever.pdf>.
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