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health advisory Hospital Health advisory 2007-11-16 5:21:03

We take our uniforms home, my boy, to ensure we get them back, clean, ironed and in one piece.

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It wouldnt be a problem................

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Beacuse they own them. They launder them.

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Convenient...

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Nobody employed at a hospital should be allowed to leave hospital in their uniform, to cut down infection. Also I have seen people going into the canteen in their theatre wear , now are these being changed when they return to theatre Mmmmm I wonder.

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Policies vary; in most places, the nurse provides her uniform. Some (usually larger) institutions provide uniforms, allowing travel to and from work in street attire.

As a nurse I would welcome the chance to have my employer provide my uniform, which is often soiled and even damaged beyond repair on the job.

I can see your point leading to the containment of bacteria by leaving the uniform in the hospital environment.

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I have a chronic physical disability from age 3 and until I was 33, there was barely a year that I was not hospitalized for at least 4 to 7 days. I always had a semi-private room, a bed that thousands had previously, a clean but well worn gown, ate from plates, utensils, cups that had been used before, breathed air that was recirculated and filtered then regerminated by sick patients, used a toilet that sometimes did not have disposable tissue covers for, and probably the one true sterilized and sanitary thing that touched my body was a disposable hypodermic needle. Now, if I had the mindframe to concern myself about a nurse taking home his or her uniform and laundering it themselves (which seems highly possible) and then worrying that such a garment would physically contaminate me when I've never, ever, seen a nurse or hospital tech have so much as a speck of link on them or be "unclean" in any way shape or form, then I wouldn't be asking this sort of obsessive-compulsive behavioral question on ByeDR.com, honey--I'd be looking for a good clinical psychologist instead! Remember, even a multi-billionaire like Howard Hughes ended up like a filthy, reclusive hermit once he started thinking too much about germs.

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you arent going to keep a hospital germ-free, the patients coming into the ER have "dirty" clothes, and the idea that a nurse can't wash their own uniform while treating people in an environment thats been contaminated by other many other people is a little impractical.

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Because the NHS cannot afford to clean the uniforms