Posted on 01/06/2018 8:18:18 PM PST by bitt
I would just like my doctor or nurse to wash up before an examination. I have seen workers at Subway take better precautions than some medical staff.
Luke, just because you don’t see them doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. Doctors, nurses, even veterinarians, wash their hands so many times a day they become raw. You do know that microbes are also transferred in air. Ok, there are many airborne infectious diseases, or even close contact within 3-6 feet allows some to spread. And then there is the doorknob, the most common fomite known to spread infectious diseases. Just be grateful you have the best medical industry on the planet. Why do you think so many foreign dignitaries come here for treatment?
Yeah, I’m ready for your sarcastic reply, but it was not necessary because I stated what I have & many others have experienced. Why would you make a legitimate post snarly about the “common people?”
My idea about cleanliness means when you enter my exam room or hospital room.......I don’t care if you’re the janitor, a nurse or the most prestigious surgeon in the world,.....strip off your gloves, throw them away, wash your hands, wipe down your stethoscope & THEN touch me.
I have an autoimmune disease & used to be hospitalized at least once a year long ago. Knock on wood! Never saw the handwashing, & changing of gloves like you say is happening. Neither do others. It is ingrained into us to not question the medical establishment, but we need to start politely requesting that they wash their hands every time they come into the room. I say this with great respect for many of the wonderful people who have treated me.
Why do you go there then? No one is forcing you to go. Too many people gripe about everything and everyone but themselves.
What others experience often bears little resemblance to the truth or what they think is reality. I cite the back to back election of a Marxist Muslim to the WH as a prime example of what people thought was going to make a great president.
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