If there are so many infectious people as patients in hospitals, why aren't doctors and nurses continuously il

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I have worked in a hospital for 10 years, 2 of those in the emergency department. General consensus is, nurses and doctors build up really good immunity to most infectious diseases, plus hospitals and doctors practice what are called "univeral precautions" when coming into contact with patients that have infectious diseases such as wearing gloves and masks, etc.

Good handwashing and universal precautions.
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I used to work in the emergency room, my first year there I was sick on and off almost that whole year. After time you build up immunity to some of the illnesses, also get better at cleaning your work area, protecting yourself and washing hands.
because they wash there hands and depending on how infectous the person is they wear glove and protective equipment
Most people who are in the hospital are NOT contagious.
The reason why we arent continuously ill is that, because we work with sick people all day every day we tend to build up a fairly resilient immune system, and unless something is a particularly new strain or we are run down, stressed or just not eating right, then we dont tend to get sick from it....
I always wonder that.and those who say it's because of washing hands obviously didn't see the programme on the other week where they secretly filmed doctors going in an out of the ward-less than 50% washed their hands before entering!
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