tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066238290370557389.post503682140309134089..comments2024-03-20T04:44:15.540-05:00Comments on Controversies in Hospital Infection Prevention: More dirty laundry......Dan Diekemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10231929371552334184noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066238290370557389.post-84990214487243671112016-11-18T06:43:07.395-06:002016-11-18T06:43:07.395-06:00If contamination found can be washed away. Why ban...If contamination found can be washed away. Why ban the scrubs for that?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05005492257933601821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066238290370557389.post-26787447379871982842013-06-29T10:57:13.932-05:002013-06-29T10:57:13.932-05:00Thanks for the post Mike. I have now been doing ID...Thanks for the post Mike. I have now been doing ID rounds over a year with scrubs. Also, I have not been wearing white coats for Infection Control hospital rounds or administrative meetings. The latter two are particularly challenging. During my Infection Control rounds, staff that doesn't know me always wonders who I am (despite my ID badge) and I have to justify my presence in the unit. In meetings the problem is different...white coats provide you with an "expert aura", they give you a sort of authoritative position over the "suits". I always find interesting observing the clinical leadership wearing pristine white coats in meetings even though they don't see patients. There is a reason why they do this and is probably not related to patient-doctor relationships. In the medical executive committee meetings, all the Chairs (in their 50s, 60s) are wearing white coats. I also wonder how these perceptions associated to attire might get accentuated by the fact that I am female, latin, and younger...so, could my decision of not wearing white coats be influencing outcomes other than horizontal transmission of pathogens????L. Silvia Munoz-Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12320255414721134923noreply@blogger.com