Jobs with the most germs we rank 4th

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Specializes in RN, BSN, CHDN.
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Specializes in ICU/ER.

Part of me can not belive we are germier than a plumber/sanitation worker and or a meat packer???

Then again another part of me cant belive we are not #1~~

I think yes we are exposed to more germs, but by the time it is all done and said and the day is over after all the countless washing/foaming/glove wearing etc. All and all we are clean..

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Specializes in tele, oncology.

Huh? How do tech support people get more exposure than us?

Must be all those viruses they're exposed to...(okay, not very punny, but I couldn't resist!)

I also find it hard to believe we're #4 on the list. I'd like to find somewhere where the methodology and results are posted.

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Specializes in Med Surg, ICU, Tele.
Huh? How do tech support people get more exposure than us?

Must be all those viruses they're exposed to...(okay, not very punny, but I couldn't resist!)

I also find it hard to believe we're #4 on the list. I'd like to find somewhere where the methodology and results are posted.

I think it's because they are exposed to germs they are unaware of and spread them via computer and key boards. They may not wash their hands after they use key boards. In the hospital I KNOW someone has C_DIF and I wash with soap and water after contact with the pt. Yes everyone in the hospital have germs, but we know this and use standard precautions. Do you think tech support has signs all around saying "It's ok to ask if i washed my hands"??? NO way

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Yet people think it's a problem if I hit the grocery store on the way home in my scrubs...

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I'm glad they put that bit in about Purell, et al.

In the ICU where I work, we all share phones, computers, clipboards & plenty of other fomites without having outbreaks. We practice universal precautions & have healthy immune systems.

I wish they would talk about pathogens and not just "germs." There are "germs" everywhere & the constant bad press & phobias have led to the "antibacterial" hysteria that is making us sicker !!!

One of the Infectious Disease docs I work with thinks that the asthma epidemic is caused in part by kids being exposed to too few germs.

Won't be a problem for my kid!

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Specializes in Med Surg, ICU, Tele.

major typo on my response. Could staff fix these for me? thank you

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Specializes in RN, BSN, CHDN.
major typo on my response. Could staff fix these for me? thank you

Where?

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