tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066238290370557389.post3825434924161005326..comments2024-03-03T02:20:57.606-06:00Comments on Controversies in Hospital Infection Prevention: Action Threshold: Banning White Coats, Ties and Long Sleeve ShirtsDan Diekemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10231929371552334184noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066238290370557389.post-8619128024255938082011-06-28T21:28:55.274-05:002011-06-28T21:28:55.274-05:00To Mike: Like the homosexual argument, I believe i...To Mike: Like the homosexual argument, I believe in gay marriage because I am gay, your anti-white-coat stance is subjective and in my opinion, irrelevant. I barriers are given to patients, why would doctors want to expose their skin and clothing to infections from patients. All those making policies are out of harms way while doctors, who get sprayed, splashed and squirted, should expose their persons as barriers to patient's diseases. All industries exposed to harmful agents wear barriers of one sort or another, including lab and respiratory techs. This singling out of doctors is political and psychological and is a metaphor for stripping MDs of their authority. Authority born in study and not the swipe of a pen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066238290370557389.post-88556954088113921452011-06-28T21:20:48.521-05:002011-06-28T21:20:48.521-05:00This is not about white coats since clothing carri...This is not about white coats since clothing carries germs. The white coats protect doctors from contracting disease. This is about further reducing doctor’s status and making them less distinquishable as physicians and more noted as health care providers. How dare they? Now it’ll be easier to give patients the red pill, to reduce doctors to the status of NPs and PAs. How shallow. Disease transmission occurs through contact with anything carrying disease agents. Why not ban surgical gowns while surgeons perform surgery. Heck, let's ban all barriers. Whose really giving these orders?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066238290370557389.post-61633305989354487722010-01-28T18:16:19.270-06:002010-01-28T18:16:19.270-06:00www.RidRx.com has solutions in which you can wash ...www.RidRx.com has solutions in which you can wash at home with a cup of bleachorthoblainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12663982430963232390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066238290370557389.post-7256577661378292782010-01-25T10:18:35.212-06:002010-01-25T10:18:35.212-06:00Eli:
Agree completely. I think it boils down to t...Eli: <br />Agree completely. I think it boils down to the question of when is biologic plausability enough to implement an intervention. In my mind, it's enough when all three of the following conditions are met: (1) there is potential for benefit, (2) there is no potential for harm, and (3) the intervention is low cost. Banning white coats meets all 3. <br /><br />Since I'm anti-white coat, I am commonly confronted with the argument that there are no data to show that coats transmit pathogens. I agree with that statement, but here's my retort: if you don't believe that clothing can transmit pathogens, why put patients in contact precautions and wrap yourself in plastic when you visit them? I have never received an answer to that question.Mike Edmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03722011490008008883noreply@blogger.com