gvar

According to our stats, we see about 1500 pt's per month and have a combined total of LWBS and AMA of about 25 per month. That works out to about 1.7 percent. Some days it seems like alot more than that!!!!

Bio-hazard, maybe, but what about the floor nurses that wear uniforms and take them home every day. I don't see how OSHA could limit scrubs to in house cleaning and turn around and let a nurse from post-op, chemo unit etc. go home. Of course, no one has ever accused OSHA of applying common sense. LOL

1. R.N. 2. 11 years 3. Oregon Coast 4. yes 5. yes 6. yes, 3 12's a week 7. yes 8. usually 9. yes, lots made avail to us 10. yes 11. no mandatory, 12. 2 30 minute breaks per shift. I leave the building for at least one of them. 13. days 14. worked 2 major ones 15. work at union hospital-it's ok, esp. at contract time. 16. yes

We wear and wash our own scrubs at our E.D. However, the hospital pays for 3 full sets of scrubs for each employee. Also, remember, you can write off washing your uniforms on your taxes. Makes for a nice little employee expense at the end of the year. gvar