Anonymous

Surrey

NHS IT Manager

There should be hand-wash facilities in every ward, so visiting the washroom should not be necessary in most, if not all NHS Hospitals!

It is even more difficult in NHS Hospitals now anyway. As part of the drive to promote cleanliness, there should now be hand-cleanser dispensers by every patient bed, therefore there would be no need for clinicians to even visit the ward hand-wash facility.

The cost of "proving" that a clinician has washed his/her hands after attending to a patient, therefore increases from one sensor per clinician wash-room, via one per ward, to one per bed!