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Audit finds doctors not washing their hands properly during coronavirus pandemic
If there is one group of people you would expect to be washing their hands properly during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is healthcare professionals.
Key points:
- Data shows doctors and ambulance workers have not met the national standards for hand hygiene
- The figures also show more people are on antidepressants than before the pandemic
- Elective surgeries are down by almost 10 per cent this year compared to last year
But new data released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has revealed doctors and ambulance workers failed to meet national standards for hand hygiene between April and June, as health authorities repeatedly stressed the importance of handwashing to stop the spread of coronavirus.
The figures show only 79.5 per…
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