Scrub caps

[jessterns]

Our facility recently changed it's policy on cloth scrub caps, previously a company would launder both our scrubs and person cloth hats, but after changes companies the hospital and outside company refuse to wash our hats. Our department policy states that we are allowed to wear cloth scrub hats IF the hospital will launder them, which they won't, or you can where your cloth hat, but also must wear a disposable bouffant over it. This has a lot of our staff members very unhappy, I was wondering if other hospitals were also moving towards this policy and if so can anyone make a recommendation on what could be done to make both parties happy (I understand the disposable hats over cloth hats may seem like the only compromise, but im curious for outside opinions).

[shodobe]

Stop letting us wear cloth ones even under a bouffant about a year or so ago. The director at that time stated that AORN recommendation was that cloth hats were not a good idea. Even though AORN would not come right out and state this was forbidden my director changed the department policy so she got her way. I keep my hair very short and the bouffant slides all over the place. I was willing to even wear the bouffant over my cloth but was told no.