Well it's too early to draw a line in the sand for me but after looking at a few studies and articles, I can only find data supporting the the complete covering of facial hair and exposed arms IN the...
I work in an ASC but have 15 years main OR experience. One of our assistant directors went to a course and is now pushing for all staff to wear long sleeve jackets and for males with facial hair to...
Maybe that's the difficulty in all this. There isn't a "line" separating pre/post op with the OR. The OR doors are the only delineation. I can get behind wearing a jacket for opening rooms and while...
Thank you for your response Rose_Queen. I did review the AORN guidelines and saw that. However, I'm not talking about restricted areas. I'm referring to the hallways outside of the ORs and substerile...