One of the prime goals of the Affordable Care Act is to reduce the long standing problem of the spread of disease with medical facilities. In this respect, hospitals are very dangerous places.
At the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in West Philadelphia, there are wall mounted dispenses of antiseptic lotion throughout the corridors, in front of elevators and near doorways, both inside and exterior.
U of P understands the importance of averting the transmissions of germs.
Despite its almost $100 million dollars a year earnings, Lancaster General Hospital apparently feels they can’t afford to do the same.
