Saving lives, one load of laundry at a time

[aranel]

Hospitals can drastically cut down on the spread of infection within and outside the hospital, at small cost, by providing personnel with freshly laundered scrubs, yet most don't. [link found at Arielle's other blog] This should be common sense and the fact that it isn't is staggering. Why bother with laundry? We'll just give everyone antibiotics!

Comments

[tinymammoth]

More along these lines:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/12/10/071210fa_fact_gawande

This inspired me to use more checklists in my life.

[ariellejuliana]

Isn't that incredible? My husband found that right after he was asking me about all the doctors and nurses that wear their scrubs out all the time. Right across the street, I see all of them congregating by the food carts. Paul naturally wondered what the heck the point of wearing scrubs is, when they would probably be cleaner in their regular clothes. They probably get washed more

[aranel]

Thank you, I'm happy I'm back too. I may go away again between now and exams though. :-/

[blakdove]

Yeah, and not allow staff to wear scrubs into the cafeteria or ON THE EL.

[aranel]

Ugh!