Due to a Yahoo peculiarity, I can’t determine if the link to the original journal article on handwashing was sent. If so, it was the wrong link.
Here is the correct one, but only an abstract:
Hand Hygiene among Physicians: Performance, Beliefs, and Perceptions
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/abstract/141/1/1?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=pittet&searchid=1092510332499_2143&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&journalcode=annintmed
In my view, a physician or nurse who doesn’t maintain proper hand hygiene is akin to a cop who waves a gun around wildly. They should both be fired.
-- Nicolas Martin