Re: hospital scrubs and lab coats

[Guest guest]

Hi Penny

I'm assuming this is no different up here in Canada. I routinely see

hospital staff coming to work or leaving in their scrubs--never mind

the lab tech that goes to the coffee shop wearing their lab coat.

Considering that some recent C. diff outbreaks in area hospitals have

been linked to poor sanitation practices, it seems to me that we could

eliminate some of these issues simply by insisting the work clothes

stay at work. I would say that house-keeping staff are also culprits

for transmitting germs from area to area since they sometimes work in

several departments and then wear their scrubs home. Unfortunately, I

suspect that budgetary considerations are the ultimate reason that the

cleaning of scrubs at hospitals has stopped.

[Guest guest]

Hi Penny

I'm assuming this is no different up here in Canada. I routinely see

hospital staff coming to work or leaving in their scrubs--never mind

the lab tech that goes to the coffee shop wearing their lab coat.

Considering that some recent C. diff outbreaks in area hospitals have

been linked to poor sanitation practices, it seems to me that we could

eliminate some of these issues simply by insisting the work clothes

stay at work. I would say that house-keeping staff are also culprits

for transmitting germs from area to area since they sometimes work in

several departments and then wear their scrubs home. Unfortunately, I

suspect that budgetary considerations are the ultimate reason that the

cleaning of scrubs at hospitals has stopped.

[Guest guest]

Hi Penny

I'm assuming this is no different up here in Canada. I routinely see

hospital staff coming to work or leaving in their scrubs--never mind

the lab tech that goes to the coffee shop wearing their lab coat.

Considering that some recent C. diff outbreaks in area hospitals have

been linked to poor sanitation practices, it seems to me that we could

eliminate some of these issues simply by insisting the work clothes

stay at work. I would say that house-keeping staff are also culprits

for transmitting germs from area to area since they sometimes work in

several departments and then wear their scrubs home. Unfortunately, I

suspect that budgetary considerations are the ultimate reason that the

cleaning of scrubs at hospitals has stopped.

[Guest guest]

I agree with keeping clothes at work. I always like the

nurses/tech/docs whoa re wearing the plain old green scrubs, I know

they put them on (clean) when they came in and they will take them off

when they leave.

ee

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> Hi Penny

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> I'm assuming this is no different up here in Canada. I routinely see

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[Guest guest]

I agree with keeping clothes at work. I always like the

nurses/tech/docs whoa re wearing the plain old green scrubs, I know

they put them on (clean) when they came in and they will take them off

when they leave.

ee

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> Hi Penny

>

> I'm assuming this is no different up here in Canada. I routinely see

>

[Guest guest]

I was hospitalized in 1996 for back surgery. I distinctly

remember the facilities people mopping the floor at least twice a day.

When I was recovering from pancreatitis in 2000, I was appalled

at how dirty the floor of the room was. I was thankful for the slippers

they “gave” me.

My SIL is an RN at a hospital in Sioux Falls. She’s

about the most fastidious person I’ve ever met, and the conditions drive

her just about crazy. She’s even had labor grievances filed against

her for mopping the floors herself (which she does NOT have the time to do).

Arne

UC 1977, PSC 2000

Alive and well in Minnesota

[Guest guest]

I was hospitalized in 1996 for back surgery. I distinctly

remember the facilities people mopping the floor at least twice a day.

When I was recovering from pancreatitis in 2000, I was appalled

at how dirty the floor of the room was. I was thankful for the slippers

they “gave” me.

My SIL is an RN at a hospital in Sioux Falls. She’s

about the most fastidious person I’ve ever met, and the conditions drive

her just about crazy. She’s even had labor grievances filed against

her for mopping the floors herself (which she does NOT have the time to do).

Arne

UC 1977, PSC 2000

Alive and well in Minnesota

[Guest guest]

I was hospitalized in 1996 for back surgery. I distinctly

remember the facilities people mopping the floor at least twice a day.

When I was recovering from pancreatitis in 2000, I was appalled

at how dirty the floor of the room was. I was thankful for the slippers

they “gave” me.

My SIL is an RN at a hospital in Sioux Falls. She’s

about the most fastidious person I’ve ever met, and the conditions drive

her just about crazy. She’s even had labor grievances filed against

her for mopping the floors herself (which she does NOT have the time to do).

Arne

UC 1977, PSC 2000

Alive and well in Minnesota

[Guest guest]

When I was in the hospital for 6 weeks or more for my 2 transplants, I sometimes did some messy things (you know?). My wife and I were appalled at the lack of janitorial services, and by the piles of dirty linen left piled in the window sills and everywhere else, for days on end.

At one point, my wife got down on her knees and scrubbed the whole floor with towels, after one of my more egregious nocturnal escapades.

How I survived w/o an infection, I'll never know.

Don

Please be a blood/organ donor

[Guest guest]

Don't count on it. Many " borrow " them and take them home just like

regular scrubs or keep them in their locker for the next day!