Posted on 05/05/2011 10:40:13 AM PDT by massmike
Some New York lawmakers are proposing a law that would prohibit doctors from wearing neckties while working. The proposal quotes a study that shows bacteria may build-up on neckties and lead to infection.
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hey NY....why don't you make it illegal to leave your isolation room?...or for visitors to refuse isolation gowns, masks, etc
never really address the problems but to tell the docs not to wear ties (which they probably could care less about)...now that is real progress...
...but so far,no laws banning reusable shopping bags!
-Reusable Grocery Bags Breed Bacteria
Tests Confirm Risk Of Illness-
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/25181234/detail.html
Which would result in the greatest improvement in public health: forbidding doctors from wearing neckties or banning gay public bathhouses?
Haven’t worn one for years and, on the rare occasion that I did, the patients complained.
Freakin’ head is exploding......
/sarc - I buy ties from a thriftshop that gets them from a drycleaning company when they aren't picked up.
Why does this have to come through the government? If it’s a problem, the hospitals can address it on their own.
Pretty soon they’ll be telling folks to use only 1 square of TP per restroom visit, with a state staffer checking for compliance.
Is this what we elect them to do? God bless it!
We can put a man on the moon, but we can’t develop a washable tie? Wouldn’t this be a better solution than new laws? That’s all we need is to have Necktie Police. (I am envisioning Chico Marx with a large pair of scissors).
Who knew that wearing ties reduces germs?
John Ashford Machine Washable Tie
http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=454768&CategoryID=53239
This law would actually be beneficial. Banning ties is a one of the things along with better enforcement of hand-washing between each patient that would help to cut down on nosocomial infections. A doctor with crappy hand washing habits along with letting his tie dangle over an open wound (all of which I witnessed and complained about at the time) was one of the reasons my father’s leg became infected during a hospital procedure some years ago, resulting in the loss of his leg.
Insanity.
The problem is not solved by washing the tie once a day. Ties can carry bacteria from one patient to another during the same set of rounds. The doctor is not going to wash his tie between each patient the way they wash hands between patients.
States have the rights to make such laws. That said, this should be a practice advisory and not a law.
You can make that argument about literally any public regulation - restaurants, builders, amusement parks, hospitals - If "xxx" was a safety problem, the the "xxxx" can fix it themselves.
Now, I would agree that this isn't a federal issue, but I think the states interests here are clear - states license hospitals and physicians, and they are the natural oversight agency.
R U $hitting me?
What the hell r u doin on FR?
There has been a lot of good science behind this policy. For example, when was the last time you ever washed your necktie? They really do act as sponges for bacteria. I believe the UK (as lame as their medical system is - and I know this first-hand) has had this policy for decades.
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
When you've finished with your career as a rapper or whatever, you might want to get yourself a copy of the USC and give it a once over.
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