医生护士经常洗手吗？

Hospital workers who deal directly with patients wash their hands less frequently as their workday progresses, probably because the demands of the job deplete the mental reserves they need to follow rules, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.

随着工作进行，那些和病人直接接触的医院工作者洗手频率越来越低，这也许是因为工作需要消耗了他们的心理资源，让他们不愿意再遵循规则。

Researchers led by Hengchen Dai, a PhD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, looked at three years of hand-washing data from 4,157 caregivers in 35 U.S. hospitals. They found that “hand-washing compliance rates” dropped by an average of 8.7 percentage points from the beginning to the end of a typical 12-hour shift. The decline in compliance was magnified by increased work intensity.

12小时工作制，从开始到结束，洗手坚持率降低了8.7%。


http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2014/11/wash-hands.aspx