A provision that would require healthcare workers to wash their hands between patients has been cut out of a patient safety bill moving through the Nevada legislature, according to a report by the Reno Gazette Journal.
The bill, which would require patient safety checklists and policies at hospitals and other healthcare facilities, originally required healthcare workers to "wash their hands before and after every interaction with a patient and after coming into contact with a surface or object that may be contaminated."
The bill, which started in the House, was sent to the Senate with a new passage replacing that language, stating that workers "follow protocols to ensure that the room and the environment of the patient is sanitary."
The Reno newspaper suggested hospital representatives had concerns about the initial wording, "perhaps because some workers would be wearing gloves."
Read the Reno Gazette Journal report on patient safety.
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The bill, which would require patient safety checklists and policies at hospitals and other healthcare facilities, originally required healthcare workers to "wash their hands before and after every interaction with a patient and after coming into contact with a surface or object that may be contaminated."
The bill, which started in the House, was sent to the Senate with a new passage replacing that language, stating that workers "follow protocols to ensure that the room and the environment of the patient is sanitary."
The Reno newspaper suggested hospital representatives had concerns about the initial wording, "perhaps because some workers would be wearing gloves."
Read the Reno Gazette Journal report on patient safety.
Read more coverage on patient safety:
- Study: One-Third of Patients Experience Adverse Events During Hospital Stay
- ASHE, APIC Release Joint Statement Following Recent Johns Hopkins Faucet Study
- "Fable Hospital" Illustrates ROI from Evidence-Based Design