Did you know that washing one's hands was disputed by the medical community in the middle of the 1800s? In fact, a doctor advocating such practice faced rejection when he presented this theory to a medical society. He was eventually fired because of the stark difference of opinion between him and other medical doctors. Even when facing ridicule from the medical community, the Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis made washing one's hands a requirement for all his staff at the Vienna General Hospital. Because of these efforts, there was a marked decrease in deaths in the hospital's maternity ward.
Despite being rejected by the medical community before, proper handwashing techniques were gradually accepted and are now recognized as an essential part of hygiene and an important element of infection control. In the hospital setting, proper hand washing decreases hospital-acquired infections and the spread of germs.
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