Le lavage simple des mains

moi je pense que l’on peut être plus efficace.
Se laver les mains oui. toujours. fréquemment mais de façon écologique. lisez ça et vous comprendrez peut-être. Excusez moi ceux qui ne comprennent pas l’anglais
Objective : Australia finds itself in the grip of its worst
drought on record. The surgical profession has a responsibility
to conserve water where possible. We tried to
show how much water we saved through the simple
measure of turning taps off while not in use during the
surgical scrub.
Design : We conducted a prospective analysis of two
different scrub techniques at the Gold Coast Hospital in
Queensland, Australia. Ten participants completed two
5-min scrubs using standard ‘elbow on’ taps. In the first,
they left the taps running throughout the scrub ; in the
second, they turned the taps on and off so that water ran
only when rinsing the hands. Water was collected and
the amount of time the hands spent under running water
was recorded.
Main outcome measure : Amount of water used during
the surgical scrub.
Results : A mean of 15.5 L was used during the ‘taps on’
scrub, with participants spending a mean of 47 s rinsing
the hands. During the ‘taps on/off’ scrub, participants
used a mean of 4.5 L, spending 40 s rinsing the hands.
This represents a water saving of 11 L or 71% for each
scrub (P < 0.001). There was a difference of 7 s in time
rinsing the hands (P = 0.16).
Conclusion : A taps on/off technique is a simple and
effective way of conserving large amounts of water
during the surgical scrub. The technique should be
adopted as standard practice.