Ever since I worked on the ward I have developed a habit of handwashing almost to an obsession. Even If use the alcohol gel, I don't feel as though my hands are clear. If I come home from shopping the first thing I do is wash hands. We can pick up germs on buses, and sometimes I think drinking coffee in cafe's can be a bit bug infested. I know the cups are clean , but how clean. Now you know I am hopelessly paranoid about germs.
This will make you cringe, One day on the wards I noticed worms in a patient faeces, reported it to sister who was at lunch at the time, I had to put a sample in a small sealed pot and send it up to the path lab.
We isolated the patient and scrubbed that bed , incinerated the sheets.
