About 3 years ago I was stricken, literally, withh a severe case of ischemic colitis, very very very unpleasant, it did a good imitation of food poisoning I think. Anyway, during my (weak) week-long stay at the hospital hooked to all sorts of i.vs and so forth i found that one, it is difficult to wash hands with an i.v. needle jammed in the back of my hand and just when I needed to most as I was a frequent user of the facilities (to put it delicately). I also questioned (but appreciate how many times we are talking about) the practice of nurses etc using gloves and/or hand sanitizers in lieu of handwashing. I mean, if you use gloves then you have to use one ungloved hand to pull the last one off right? So am I paranoid or what. And I've read that hand sanitizers are no subtitute for washing. I realize and appreciate their hands may be raw from washing, stillll.....