dirty scruabs

Nurses General Nursing

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Would someone share with me what is the proper hygiene reguarding dirty scrubs after a shift, especially for those who care for the elderly in nursing homes. Do you change before you go home, or do you where the scrubs home and them change? Please inform, I have a friend who stops by my home after a shift, without changing, and I can't help but wonder how many germs she is carrying around.

Specializes in Neuro/Med-Surg/Oncology.

If I have a gross assignment, then I go right to the basement and change. I wash my hospital clothes separately from the baby's, but that's about it. Dh and I both work in hospitals and I think that contributed to ds having the immune system of a champ. He's had one bad cold and one mild one in his life. No strep, no ear infections, no stomach bugs . . . . . yet. :lol2:

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