We also know excessive hand washing can dry hands increasing bacterial colonization. Using detergents and antiseptic lotions flushed through the sink has increased colonization of antibiotic resistant bacterial growth in the drainage system. Instruments like stethascope, doctor’s handbag, aurascopes and moniters are all colonized with bacterias.
It would be helpful if some one observed the what the nurses do, how they manage to contaminate equipments and how the infection is introduced int patients. Doctors in our hospitals are the minority and find it hard to point out the mistakes done by these nurses.