%0 Journal Article %A Gregory A. Doyle %A Jun Xiang %A Hina Zaman %A Holli Neiman-Hart %A Michael Maroon %A Elham Arghami %A Hina Durani %A Hari Salana %A Venugopal Komakula %A Dana E. King %T Patient Attitudes and Participation in Hand Co-Washing in an Outpatient Clinic Before and After a Prompt %D 2017 %R 10.1370/afm.2033 %J The Annals of Family Medicine %P 155-157 %V 15 %N 2 %X Despite recent national emphasis, outpatient hand washing can be less than optimal. We tested a new approach involving both patient and physician hand washing. The study consisted of 384 questionnaires, 184 from phase 1 and 200 from phase 2. Patients stated doctors washed their hands 96.6% before examining them pre-intervention and 99.5% of the time post-intervention. Patients endorsed the importance of hand washing 98.7% of the time. “Co-washing” may offer a process to increase the practice of hand washing and decrease infection risk. %U https://www.annfammed.org/content/annalsfm/15/2/155.full.pdf