Why is it called a HAT?

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Specializes in Trauma acute surgery, surgical ICU, PACU.

This is a very silly question, I know - but it is burning in my mind. :)

That little plastic pot that we put in the toilet to measure urine is called a hat - does anybody know why?

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I always thought that it was because if you flip it upside down, you could wear it as a hat........not that I ever would..... :)

Maybe I'm wrong....

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You guys have something for that purpose?????

Incredible....the mind boggles....

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Melissa's right. :D Cause it LOOKS like a hat. They're usuallly stored upside-down, in "hat" position.

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Specializes in Critical Care,Recovery, ED.

specifically it looks like some of the old nursing caps.. why hat instead of cap I don't know.

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Specializes in Trauma acute surgery, surgical ICU, PACU.

Wow, thanks for the answers everyone....

looks like a hat? I just never thought that it did look like a hat... one of the old nursing caps, I can understand though.

Now I know what to tell people when they ask. :)

(And it doesn't go on your head!... )

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Specializes in Geriatrics/Oncology/Psych/College Health.

Now I've heard most people refer to them as "Pilgrim's hat's" because that's what they supposedly look like lol.

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The supply company I order from,,,,, labels them 'nun's hats',,,,,,

Never could figure that one out,,,, hats,,, okay,,,, pilgrim hats,,, can visualize that,,,, but nun's hat,,,,,, ???????

oh well,,,,, what ever they are called,,,,, so glad we have them!!!!! Nikita~~~~

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Specializes in ORTHOPAEDICS-CERTIFIED SINCE 89.

We call them witch's hats.

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Maybe it's because in some countries the toilet is called the "head" & this sits on the top of it??:confused:

I dunno....Maybe I'm just to tired......We've been known to use (new ones) for impromptu ice buckets.

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Originally posted by Squeeta2

Maybe it's because in some countries the toilet is called the "head" & this sits on the top of it??

:chuckle :rotfl: Really? They call it the "head?"

Heather

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I don't even know what it's real name is. You don't wear yours? I wear it all the time when I get dressed up.

Ever notice that vernacare molds look like hats too? Who's the gut with the fetish that designs these things?

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