What The Study Did: Researchers in this study estimated the potential water conservation and financial savings generated by eliminating running water for hand scrubbing before surgery in favor of exclusive use of an alcohol-based scrub at a large ophthalmic surgical hospital.
Authors: Alana Grajewski, M.D., of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.0048)
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