PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Gregory A. Doyle
AU  - Jun Xiang
AU  - Hina Zaman
AU  - Holli Neiman-Hart
AU  - Michael Maroon
AU  - Elham Arghami
AU  - Hina Durani
AU  - Hari Salana
AU  - Venugopal Komakula
AU  - Dana E. King
TI  - Patient Attitudes and Participation in Hand Co-Washing in an Outpatient Clinic Before and After a Prompt
AID  - 10.1370/afm.2033
DP  - 2017 Mar 01
TA  - The Annals of Family Medicine
PG  - 155--157
VI  - 15
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/15/2/155.short
4100  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/15/2/155.full
SO  - Ann Fam Med2017 Mar 01; 15
AB  - 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.