I've been sick maybe once during the past 8 months despite working in a health care facility. I am careful to wash my hands frequently with soap or dish detergent or whatever is around. I'd say is not uncommon for me to wash my hands once or twice per hour.
The only time I got sick is due to one of my co-workers coming in sick with upper respiratory infection and sneezing and coughing everywhere. We get 1.25 days/mo (15 days/yr) sick leave so he had no excuse...A bunch of us were trying to get him to wear a mask but he refused to do so. We have boxes and boxes of N95 masks at no cost to him. He ended up getting about 3/4 the department sick, about 15 people, over the next 2 weeks.
Last edited by jsdavis; 11-20-11 at 08:26 PM.