[kdmmomRN]

I gotta have my Crocs! I have wore all kinds of shoes and nothing compares to these! After being on my feet all day.. my feet don't hurt. With all the other footwear, my feet always hurt. As for a needle dropping and hitting in one of those holes...what are the odds? If you know you will be working around a lot of blood(trauma, injuries, IV starts...etc), wear shoe covers. As for those "things" you can put in the holes...that can be another option. I have had shoes without the vents....lets just say...I Have to have the vents! Thank goodness our facility hasn't banned them..but I could see it happen.

[firefightingRN]

Originally Posted by TraumaICURN

I was told in hospital orientation about 6 or 7 months ago that we were not allowed to wear the Crocs, particularly the ones with the holes in the top. The ban had something to do with dropping needles into the holes

Dropping needes into the holes? They're not that big. I hope your administrators at your place don't make silly judgements like that for every issue.

[mom2michael]

Look at these new Crocs....

Nothing would get through these bad boys!!!!!

[Suninmyheart]

Originally Posted by mom2michael

Look at these new Crocs....

Nothing would get through these bad boys!!!!!

Hilarious!!!

[barbyann]

Just wondering how many committees have been formed to discuss the Crocs issue, LMAO!

[Ruby Vee]

Originally Posted by ZippyGBR

has been known to see zippy wearing his steel toes magnums with usinform in hospital, usual to see zippy in steel toe magnums in the pre-hospital setting

HUH???!

[canoehead]

I was thrown up on while wearing holey crocs and it was the fastest and easiest clean up job ever. Rinse, disinfect with spray, trade socks for hospital slippers and move on. If I had been wearing another shoe the puke would have soaked in and I would have had to throw out the shoe, plus walk the rest of the shift barefoot or feeling like I was carrying the funk around on my feet.

I would like to point out that if you have a liquid soaking through the holes what are the chances that the liquid has only hit the toe area- probably your whole foot and ankle are involved anyway. So the holes/no holes debate doesn't seem to be worth the debate it's gotten in the admin offices.

[SmilingBluEyes]

Originally Posted by mom2michael

Look at these new Crocs....

Nothing would get through these bad boys!!!!!

Think I would love those for beach walking and clam digging here in WA.

I am one of the "odd balls" (yes in more ways than one). I don't think clogs belong in clinical areas where body fluids/blood splashes are common. (like in OB where I work.) NO WAY would I wear such shoes in the OR or in a delivery room! And clogs with holes? Bad news to me.

Personally I wear all over covering athletic shoes and shoe covers. Stylish? No, but definately protected and no need for changes in the case of spills or other such things (except for the disposable shoe covers of course). The shoe covers look so godawful nasty when I remove them, I am convinced that crocs dont' belong where I work. I wear gloves just to remove those shoe covers, blech.

But do I think administrators have bigger fish to fry? CLEARLY YES!

Hey it's only my opinion.

[avatar78]

Well, if you do need the closed toe ones, shoebuy has 'em for $28 after discount right now, in different colors. (and if you create an account with 'em during checkout, it's another 10% off). They have the vented ones too on the site.
Ordered a pair, I'll see if they fit my sz 13 honkers.
http://www.shoebuy.com/sb/s.jsp/st_1...8?PartnerId=CJ

[sshannon]

I wear a knock off version of Crocs that I get at allheart.com. They're $12/pair and I LOVE them. I'm 44 years old and my feet, knees, back never suffer during a shift when I'm wearing these.

I do not buy the version with the holes in the top. I just don't want drips and splashes going between my toes and down into my shoes.

What I love about the material Crocs and the knockoffs are made of (and I hope any committee investigating infection potential will take this into consideration), is that when I come home at night, I spray them with a 10% solution of Lysol and leave them by the front door. Voila, germs be gone.