I wouldn't expect you to understand. Oh, for crying out loud. Cleaning off my fingers. Oh, he doesn't mind. He's full of antibiotics anyway.
Nothing can live in there.
Mr. Melrose survived his paper cuts, but was sick for ten weeks after he left the hospital, and has developed a terrible peanut allergy that makes it impossible for him to enter a grade school without an isolation suit. I described the Melrose case to Phoebe Jeeves, chief administrator for the Association of Sterile Handed Health Care Professionals, who said she couldn't comment on the particulars of any one case. But the doctor said the patient was loaded with antibiotics and probably wouldn't be infected. Well again, I can't comment on a specific case. There are no national regulations for hand-washing practices at hospitals, but the Association of Sterile Handed Health Professionals recommends a vigorous soaping of 10 to 15 seconds, followed by a thorough rinse with water.