Crazy eyes.
Always good to hear from our Best and Brightest.
he’s right...I have two friends in the hospital and visited them the other day. All the nursing staff wearing masks and gloves pretty much full time to try to not catch the Flu and/or pass it on to patients......I decided that i won’t be visiting them until they get out because when the medical staff is that concerned/careful it is an indication of their respect for this year’s Flu - kudos to them for their efforts though.
Whatever. I’ve been a nurse for 21 years. The 2009/2010 flu season was way worse. And as far as the “get your flu shot” hype - most people who have gotten sick have been vaccinated.
I avoid ER’s at all costs. I have for decades. Maybe that’s one reason I’m 64, with no health insurance, and get ill, maybe once every 18 months, and even then it’s minor.
So is she denigrating ALL the people who work at Hospitals now ?!?!?!?
I'm incensed !!!! (/sarcasm)
Not very professional but correct.
I’ve always wondered - in a hospital, do they ever disinfect the disinfectant dispensers?
You don’t want to go to the ER unless you have a life threating emergency especially during an influenza outbreak. With that being said, sometimes a person doesn’t know if their condition is life threatening or not, but some things like a sprained ankle can be treated at home until they can get a doctor’s appointment and doesn’t always necessitate a trip to the ER unless something like the whole ankle and leg goes numb….
And if you do have an emergency, do not bring a lot of people with you expect for perhaps for the one who drove you there, and especially don’t bring very young children, infants, or elderly persons who are the must vulnerable to flu complications that can be fatal. Hospital ER’s especially during a flu outbreak are an incubator for spreading the flu.
If you suspect you have the flu or even a bad cold and are sneezing, she is correct, sneeze into your arm and not into your hand. When you sneeze into your hand, you will eventually touch surfaces with your hand that other people will eventually touch and therefore spread the germs. Also don’t send your kids to school if they are sick and running a fever and don’t go to work if you have the same symptoms.
FWIW I’ve been donating blood for many years with no concerns and have also donated platelets and plasma but just last week when I went to donate, and the tech who was testing me pre-donation, he pricked my finger, used a piece of cotton to wipe the blood from my finger and then took my finger blood sample for testing and just afterward, took his face mask off and took his eye glasses off and rubbed his eyes with his gloved fingers. Keep in mind that he had just used those very same gloved hands to handle my blood for the finger prick and used those very same gloved hands to wipe his eyes and then he put his eye glasses back on, put his hood back on and without changing his gloves, went to take my BP and temperature.
I was appalled and stood up and said “No! I’m not doing this!” and reported him to a supervisor.
When I talked to the supervisor I informed her that first of all, he was possibly exposing himself to any disease I might have by what he did, but then he also possibly exposed me to any a disease he might have by wiping his eyes with his gloved fingers and using those very same gloved hands to touch me.
She thanked me for reporting him and I later received a letter stating that they were conducting more training and that the tech I had reported had been fired.
This unfortunate incidence will not stop me from donating lifesaving blood but it certainly made me more aware to pay attention to possible lacks in protocol and good hygiene.