Word: washings
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...that without putting your caregiver on the defensive? One approach, suggests Dr. Carolyn Clancy, director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, "might be to say, 'I've read that it's important for health-care professionals to wash their hands frequently--and that doctors are so busy they sometimes forget.'" It probably helps to smile when you say that...
Many states require that newly built hospitals have at least two sinks per room--one for the patient, another for the medical staff (who might otherwise feel they were intruding by using the patient's sink to wash their hands). In January researchers at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minn., recommended that health-care workers carry alcohol hand rubs in their pockets to make disinfecting easier. Lately some hygiene experts have suggested that patients ask doctors and nurses whether they've washed their hands before an examination begins...
...American Muslim chaplain accused of mishandling classified documents at Guantanamo Bay. Citing national security concerns that would arise from the disclosure of evidence if the case proceeded, the Army dropped all charges against him, and will allow him to return to his previous duty at Fort Lewis near Tacoma, Wash...
...definitely no substitute for the convenience of Adams. When it’s miserable outside, or when it’s exam time—and walking to Annenberg simply isn’t an option for Dartboard—many first-years will have to wash their board money down the drain and order takeout from the Kong. Whereas Dartboard used to frequent Adams during winter snowstorms, he’ll now be forced to seek pay-for food in bad weather. Hurt by the new policy, Dartboard feels first-years should have been consulted in the decision-making...
Louisa Hall of the Harvard women’s squash team opted instead to travel to Seattle, Wash. and play some of her best squash of the year...