Do Med Students Know When to Wash Their Hands?

The study, published in the American Journal of Infection Control, covered 85 third-year students at Hannover Medical School, most of whom said they’d had at least some clinical experience. Researchers asked the students whether handwashing was indicated in seven situations and 21% correctly identified all the true and false indications, while 67% correctly identified the five conditions under which handwashing is appropriate.-Chanmun Jeong