Dear Barbpick, the trouble with fundamentalism is ... Your statement coincides with what our managers pronounced: that we could only sit if the surgeon did, in homage to the novice's instruction...
Reason dictates that if A&E are not busy they ought to transfer, but if they are and another unit is not, then that unit's staff should be utilised. Unfortunately, EVERYONE KNOWS that theatre...
We had this discussion several months ago when the surgeon was delayed and a scrub was caught sitting down waiting. The rule of 'sterile' levels was involked and we were all forbidden to sit when...