[RNRNFA]

I wonder how much perineal shedding falls out of peoples open legs on scrub pants without panty hose on. I think the pantyhose would actually be better.
Maybe I should start wearing pantyhose.

[suanna]

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Originally Posted by Marie_LPN

Perineal fallout is what policy says.

Ewww! How often does stuff "fall out " of your peineal area? If you have enough stuff falling out of you perineal area to be an issue you have a bigger problem than scrub pants can cure!
Our hospital provides scrub dresses for OR staff that want them for religeous reasons. I do not know if there is an accompanying undergarment rule (like panty hose, or other leg coverings) but to claim "perineal fallout" for the reason is BIZZARE!

[morte]

the only thing i can remember on this topic....perhaps ten years ago a fellow nurse mentioned that there was a post op inf rate increase....all staff was cultured and it proved to be a MALE surgeon....and yes it was THAT part of his anatomy that cultured positive for the offending microorganism.....the answer was CUFFED scrub pants for all....

[alkaleidi]

Originally Posted by Batman24

I swear when I read perineal fallout I picture someone's vagina falling on the floor right in the middle of
the OR.

Our OR wears pants too. I think you might be best off just asking to wear a skirt over the pants.

LOL! I thought the same. Prolapsed uterus meets tile floor. Thud!

[Scrubby]

Scrub skirts would be an absolute no no at my work. Perineal fallout, yeah it sounds silly and all that but we have to do what we can to minimise skin shedding in the OR to reduce the microbial count. Apparantly a study was conducted a looooong time ago with a couple of nurses wearing skirts dancing over a petri dish and it showed that stuff DOES fall out....

Also, why would you want to wear a skirt in the OR? It's cold most of the time, you have to crawl around sometimes to place foot pedals etc and theres a good chance of something splashing on your leg, even with pantyhose on would feel pretty gross. I understand there is religious reasons but you can wear a skirt over the top of pants.

[hassled]

Ayla and Ortess

Yes if you were a midwife here in Oz and were looking up someones fanny it is definitely the front section, vulva (and other pink bits).

I am getting off the subject here a bit but what do you wear under scrub tops. Are you allowed spencers?, ( They're vests with short or long sleeves, usually a polyester/wool mix), or long sleeved teeshirts. Must anything under a scrub top be all cotton? I know theatre is more stingent than recovery where I am but I hate feeling cold.

[Luptyloo]

Hi! I am Apostolic, a nursing student, and I don't wear pants either. I appreciate your willingness to share, not be ashamed of your faith, and approach this issue online!! When a uniform decision is faith based, it has been my experience (although not yet as a nurse) that employers are generally pretty reasonable, and there are usually ways to address all these issues (probably even fall-out! LOL).

You want to work in OR- Go for it! God Bless!

[kathall]

Perineal fallout and the shedding of skin cells are the reasons for pants instead of skirts. You are really supposed to wear ankle cuffs on the pants but most just use straight legged pants. You should not go sockless either.

All staff members should wear long sleeved tops/jackets unless they are scrubbing in, and then only take the jacket off right before they scrub. This is because of skin cell fallout.

Think of putting glitter on your arms and opening a sterile item onto the sterile field. The glitter would go flying onto the sterile field. Well, skin cells do the same thing, only you cannot see them.

If you do wear dresses, make sure you have panty hose on with them.