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EW! Full!? Empty is gross enough but FULL...that is just nasty! I would have a strict speaking with anyone who toileted someone on a bedpan and didn't empty it/put it away in the bathroom after. Yuck.

It is both gross and fascinating how they can disinfect and clean those gross little poop rags! When people tell me they think my job is gross, I always respond with...imagine being the person who works at the laundry facilities that take the linen! Between the soiled linen and the chemicals that they use, it must be a stinky, stinky place.

I am glad to hear I am not alone and also that it isn't just my hospital that does this I had a feeling that it was a normal practice between facilities...now time to make some changes!

Thank you guys for your responses, a part of me is a little uncomfortable about being a "whistleblower" but it isn't worth it to risk the infection to everyone! I'm going to bring it up to infection control/education and see if we can get a more enforced policy in place. We do so much to keep our hands clean and things such as countertops and computers and what not clean, and I know the floors are cleaned by housekeeping, but not enough to keep up with that practice of "floor piling" during cleanups. ESPECIALLY in isolation rooms! I too do the whole clean towel/bedpad on the floor technique if no linencart is available, but have found that when changing with another aide or nurse and a linen cart is in the room, they will still toss linens on the floor!

Hello there, I hope you are all having a wonderful day or night, whatever time it may be :) I just wanted some insight about something. I am a CNA who has been working on a med/surg floor for several years now, and am curious about something. When changing a patient who has messed the bed, it is common for the nurse or aide to toss the dirty linen to a pile on the floor, rather than having a linen cart in the room and putting it directly inside. This has always made me somewhat uncomfortable and I try to bring the cart in with me and use it appropriately. However, I've noticed that this is not a common practice; the floor piles are. After the change is done, the pile is picked up and carried to the cart. This is how I was shown, and nothing has been said about the exact protocol in linen disposal, and I was just wondering if this is normal in other hospitals too? Any thoughts? Thank you!