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1. Contaminated Scrubs..do you wear scrubs to the stores

   printsess replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in General Nursing

   Your scrubs should not leave your place of work. They can be contaminated and you don't know. If they are, and you wear a sweater or coat, or a seat belt, that too becomes contaminated. MRSA can live...

2. MRSA legislation in Maine

   printsess replied to Mammy1111's topic in General Nursing

   A comment on gloves & charting. When we have an isolated patient, we do not take the chart in the room. All charting that must be done in the room, is done with a pen that does not leave the...

3. MRSA legislation in Maine

   printsess replied to Mammy1111's topic in General Nursing

   Washington State now has legislation that requires all patients with any history of MRSA (or any resistant bacteria) whether active or not, to be isolated for life now. It is a costly move, but it is...

4. Pandemic flu and the economy

   printsess replied to SchoolNurseBSN's topic in Disaster Preparation

   That's great. In Washington State and a few other states, the cuts are

5. Contaminated Scrubs..do you wear scrubs to the stores

   printsess replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in General Nursing

   Scrubs belong at work only. Whether or not someone knows who I am, I don't want to be a party to spreading disease. I am willing to say something to a business that has people with scrubs shopping. I...

6. Contaminated Scrubs..do you wear scrubs to the stores

   printsess replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in General Nursing

   Both of these articles report MRSA, VRE and C-Difficile surviving on scrubs for longer than you think. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=86187 Journal of Microbiology...

7. Pandemic flu and the economy

   printsess replied to SchoolNurseBSN's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I am not a public health nurse, but writing in support of them. The funding is being cut for them disproportionately to other positions. One group with many layoffs has a manager that received a 5%...

8. MRSA legislation in Maine

   printsess replied to Mammy1111's topic in General Nursing

   Kudos for going after the legislation. It's disappointing that appropriate healh information is not shared not only on behalf of the staff caring for the patient, but for the sake of the patient....

9. Pandemic flu and the economy

   printsess replied to SchoolNurseBSN's topic in Disaster Preparation

   The economy has caused the layoff of nurses so we do not have enough to handle this. There are more layoffs pending. There needs to be more consideration for how to handle public health nursing and...

10. Contaminated Scrubs..do you wear scrubs to the stores

    printsess replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in General Nursing

    The first mistake is leaving work in contaminated scrubs. Whether you covered your scrubs with a sweater or coat, or you just buckled up, that sweater or coat or seatbelt is contaminated. The next...