My name is Daryn Lyons and I am from Columbus, OH. I went to Worthington Kilbourne High School. I have an orange tabby cat named Garfield. Over the summer I went to Virginia Beach and by a lake in North Carolina. I accomplished so many things while I was vacationing at these places. This was the first time I white water rafted, rode a horse, and went tubing behind a boat.
"Until that moment, when I stood there looking at the sign on his door, it had not occur ed to me that I might have given him that infection. But the truth is I may have. One of us certainly did." This quote basically summarizes the entire essay. The essay had two different ideas that related closely to each other. The first was about the importance of medical staff washing their hands because this greatly reduces the bacterium spread throughout the hospital. The second idea asked why it was so hard for medical staff to wash their hands regularly. I learned that less doctors wash their hands on a regular basis than I thought. The idea that some doctors/surgeons are preforming surgery after they may have even just had lunch without washing their hands is repulsive. I completely agree with the quote in the essay on page 211 halfway through paragraph 18. The engineer asks the simple question "Why can't you?" in reference to washing their hands. This is a question that should not have an excuse.
I used the exact same paragraph as you, it really does sum up the essay
ReplyDeleteI was also surprised by how many doctors actually wash their hands.
ReplyDeleteI thought that this quote was one of the most important in the whole essay. He goes through talking about how important it is to wash their hands and it also gives lots of stats about what happens when doctors don't wash their hands. This quote also kind of gives him more credibility because he has been affected directly, he also realizes the affects of not washing his hands.
ReplyDeleteI also went to a beach over the summer. The only difference is, I went to Myrtle Beach in South Carolina. It was a blast, and it sounds like you had fun at Virginia Beach too. I also was surprised at how many doctors do not wash their hands in between patients. Whenever I was reading it I thought, "Wait a minute, aren't doctors supposed to be smart?" It is kind of common sense to wash your hands when you just got done working with a sick patient.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on the fact that washing your hands should be an automatic thing as a doctor. The entire purpose of your job is to stop illnesses from happening. So washing your hands should be the most important thing to do do when going from one patient to the next.
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