The New England Journal of Medicine reports that the insufficient rate of hand cleaning remains unacceptable in most medical settings, with large numbers of doctors and nurses routinely forgetting to wash their hands before touching their patients, which promotes transmission of microorganisms.
Jarida la The New England linaripoti kuwa ukosefu wa kuosha mikono unasalia katika viwango visivyokubalika katika mazingira mengi ya kimatibabu, huku idadi kubwa ya madaktari na wauguzi wakisahau kila mara kuosha mikono yao kabla ya kuwagusa wagonjwa na hivyo kusambaza viini.