Procter and Gamble strongly denies his claims, and says that that it is 'standard industry practice' not to hand over all data to academics.
In addition, most patients would like the practice nurses to hand out printed information, and provide knowledge about self help groups, community based or other local offers.
The aim of this study is to understand current hand washing practices, barriers to hand washing and facilities available in two Ugandan specialist eye hospitals.
The practice was instructed to hand out exit cards to a hundred consecutive patients immediately at the end of their visit.
There was a small proportion of women in the study which corresponds to the general situation in clinical practice with respect to hand injuries and HAVS.
Each practice received 60 questionnaires to hand to consecutive patients attending for any reason.
In this context, Understanding has an independent contribution to hand washing practice only.
However, adherence to hand hygiene practice remains low among health care workers, especially in doctors.
Adherence to hand hygiene practice and use of alcohol-based disinfectant of the doctor was high compared with the literature.
