really gross doctor

[aye caramba]

what do you guys think of this. today i dropped a vitamin on the floor at the hospital during a med pass. the doctor picked it up and ordered me to give it to the patient!! he said it hadn't been on the floor for 5 seconds so it would be ok. he saw me stop it from rolling away with my shoe and thought it was ok! i threw the pill out and he got very angry and said you just wasted a pill. i then shouted back" are you paying for it?" the patient got upset and said this doc must think i'm a dog that eats off the floor.

:angryfire:angryfire

[Roseyposey]

I am especially skilled at dropping ibuprofen for some reason. I have had patients tell me to give it to them anyway, but as I always tell them: the five-second rule does not apply in the hospital!!!

[ebear, BSN, RN]

Makes me wonder if he washes his hands after going to the bathroom too...after all, he probably didn't get anything on them!! :barf01:

[Dolce, RN]

I would have suggested that he take it himself.

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

The 5 second rule doesn't apply to ANYTHING.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-second_rule

. ... "A study in 2007 using salmonella on wood, tiles, and nylon carpet found that the bacteria were still thriving after twenty-eight days of exposure under dry conditions. Tested after eight hours' exposure, the bacteria could still contaminate bread and bologna in under five seconds. .. ... . .. ."

And YES, that doc is gross and wrong.

steph

[jml444]

Good for you standing up to that idiot!!!! Besides......that show "Mythbusters" dispelled that myth a while ago!! It doesn't matter if it was on the floor for 1 second or 30 seconds, once it hits the floor it picks up whatever bacteria is there!! That doctor needs to go back to school!

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

Good for you standing up to that idiot!!!! Besides......that show "Mythbusters" dispelled that myth a while ago!! It doesn't matter if it was on the floor for 1 second or 30 seconds, once it hits the floor it picks up whatever bacteria is there!! That doctor needs to go back to school!

My 6 year old and my husband love that show . . . I watch it with them sometimes and I remember seeing that myth busted.

steph

[Keepstanding, ASN, RN]

He sounds like a real pig....you were right to do what you did.

Way to go !! :bowingpur

[jessiern, BSN, RN]

Isn't it fun to make the docs mad...especially if we get to stand up for patients in the process

[imenid37]

You should've told him you will keep that in mind if he's ever a patient and feed him only meds off of the floor. Please also :angryfirefeel free to feed his mom, wife, and kids whatever meds or food have been on the floor. Would you like a little MRSA or C.diff w/ your meds or snack today, ma'am? What a jerk! Good for you for standing up to him. What pt. would really accept a med that has been on the floor? I do cringe when I have seen nurses drop IV tubing on the floor or have it touching curtains, linens, etc. uncapped and the connect it to the saline lock. I have told people not to do it. I have a also made faces, etc. at people I was in the room with who did it anyway. How gross is that???

[Elvish, BSN, DNP, RN, NP]

Good call.

I'd have handed it to him with a glass of H2O & smiled sweetly.

[TiredMD]

The 5 second rule that little kids had back in the day just doesn't apply at the hospital.

Personally, I utilize the 10 second rule, but I guess to each their own.

I can't help but wonder about this story. I've never met a doctor who gave rat's behind about how meds were passed, if a pill got wasted, etc. In fact, I've never met one who even paid attention to such things.

[Jo Dirt]

I actually had a patient stop me from throwing two pills out that I dropped on the floor. He said that floor ain't gonna hurt them pills!

Oh well, he was the customer, after all....