Stethoscope

HedgieMama · Aug 12, 2016

If you will be using this stethoscope around patients I would say no. The tubing is slick and would not hold the paint well, leaving toxic black paint on your fingers and other places it rubs against. Yellow is fun- you should just try and rock it! :)

Zyprexa_Ho · Aug 12, 2016

I would be concerned about being able to clean it if you painted it. The rubber coating helps things not stick to it. If you paint it and the paint chips or cracks (which it almost certainly will) you could have cracks and such which microbes can get into and not be cleaned out of. This is the same reason why a lot of places won't let you wear nail polish because cracks or chips can harbor microbes.

gere7404, BSN, RN · Aug 15, 2016

It being a really stand-outish color is a benefit -- you can instantly tell when someone's accidentally walking off with it.

Erythropoiesis · Aug 16, 2016

No doctor will be ballsy enough to try to walk off the floor with somebody else's neon yellow stethoscope around their neck. I vote keep it. Plus the spray paint might chip and become an infection control issue since it can't be wiped clean with a disinfectant

verene, MSN · Aug 16, 2016

Rock the stethoscope as is. It will be easy to tell it is yours, and you want to keep the easy clean coating of the rubber. I was gifted a bright purple stethoscope before starting nursing school and was initially worried that it might stand out too much and not be professional but so far I've only received compliments on it.

SapphireKitten, CNA · Aug 17, 2016

I veto the spray paint. Along with what everybody said above, it would look bad once the paint starts to come off, way worse than its original yellow! I'm assuming you're a guy since your avatar is the default male. If you're worried about yellow looking strange for a male, the (male) head medical director at my job has a yellow stethoscope he uses most. He rocks it all the time! We always know it's his when he leaves it lying around.