Our pediatrician is very friendly, but I notice that he doesn't wash/ disinfect his hands after touching the doorknob (and then he would touch our baby right after). Today during a routine check-up, for example, after closing the door, he touched the baby directly and also saw the mouth, and now I'm worried that his hands were contaminated after the contact with the knob. (He doesn't wash his hands after either, so, unless he washes his hands in a certain room after, they could carry germs to the next patients).
Since this is a doctor's practice where ill children have certainly come to visit, I am concerned that one day diseases will be transmitted to our baby. Is it common these days that pediatrician doesn't necessarily wash/ disinfect their hands first?
Would it be super rude if next time I kindly ask him to wash/ disinfect his hands? I'm not a germaphobe, but particularly with COVID still very much around I'd like to be on the safe side, but I'm afraid that he would then tell me to look for another pediatrician.
What would you do in my place?
At home I'm not so strict about washing my hands (since many people said we have to give our babies some germs to practice their immune system, lol), but in a place like doctor's practice I still feel it's risky if one just grabs the doorknob etc. and then immediately after touches a baby.
Thanks very much for your insight!