Disinfectant mats needed in hospitals

WHEN an outbreak of foot and mouth disease occurs abroad, disinfectant mats are deployed at our ports and airports and every precaution is taken to prevent the infection of our valuable livestock.

I have observed, for the last number of years, that the only precaution at our hospitals is a hand wash dispenser.

We walk across car parks, footpaths, toilets, etc, where we can pick up all sorts of obnoxious particles on our shoes.