* Random Question * 5-8-09

[Arthur]

wow, apparently there's some serious germaphobes here. I probably wash my bath towel weekly, and the only times I wash my hands is when cooking or if they're really dirty. I get sick once a year around fall/winter

 

[chefjamesscott]

friend not a serious germaphobe just practice good hygine

what is wrong with being clean in a world where 70% of people dont even wash their hands after taking a dump or a wizz never mind how many of the very same people have their fingers up their noses. heres a example for you

from HAngel

Dec 10, 2004, 04:20 PM

YES.. a problem...
Originally Posted by Ruffles

I am a nursing student graduating next month. I wore "fake nails" before nursing school, but my program did not allow them during school. I am considering getting them again after graduation. What is your opinion and the policies at the facilities where you work? Are they a [COLOR=green! important][COLOR=green! important]health[/COLOR][/COLOR] hazaard to patients if proper handwashing precautions are used? Have you read any studies on the "fake nail" issue?
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There was some case, I believe in OKC, that 2-3 nurses had fake nails who worked in the nursery, and 16-17 babes died from infection related to bugs that held under the nail (I'm thinking it was pseudomonas, not sure though). Anyway, it was all traced back to them. Regardless of handwashing ability, scrubs used (including straight alcohol and betadine), apparently the adhesive that holds the acrylics to one's nail bed will not let go of the bacteria. (Thus a risk to you and your patients.) (You could do a search for this info on Proquest or something. I think I saw it in one of the Nursing series.)

Our facility doesn't allow acrylics for those in patient care or in dietary. You could check your facility's policy. I still see people with them, but I'm kinda anal retentive about all of that stuff, including not wearing rings (somewhat selfishly though- I don't want the alcohol rinse to hurt my diamonds over time

. I never could have worked with fakes anyway- I got them for my wedding and kept scratching my eyes trying to take out my contacts (even when I cut them to a shorter length!)...

Take care... GOOD LUCK

Hangel



from this blog

http://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/fake-nails-okay-35219-page7.html

I ask am I a germaphobe or just someone who practices cleanliness? A phobe is a person with a fear so great that they are paralyzed by that fear am I paralyzed do I force my family to live in a bubble and breath purified air I THINK NOT !!!!

But why not practice clean living habits for our washing machine is but 20 steps away so why not.

As a chef I am very well studied as to stuff like this in food so why not practice the same care in my house?

 

[imcrystal]

hah for every arguement I have a reparte'

if you wash your sheets every other day then you have OCD. and probably spend all your free time doing laundry. i bet you have one of those hand sanitizer things strapped to your hip dont you????

hahaha no just kidding.. but seriously you probably do.

i wash my sheets about every 2 weeks. my comforter goes to the dry cleaner maybe once a month or 6 weeks. i think thats pretty normal.

 

[chefjamesscott]

if you wash your sheets every other day then you have OCD. and probably spend all your free time doing laundry. i bet you have one of those hand sanitizer things strapped to your hip dont you????

hahaha no just kidding.. but seriously you probably do.

i wash my sheets about every 2 weeks. my comforter goes to the dry cleaner maybe once a month or 6 weeks. i think thats pretty normal.

that is a bet you would lose and those hand sanitizer things are a joke and when lounging around the house the whole one minute to put it in the machine and 30 seconds to transfer to the dryer does not classify as all my spare time ahhahahahahhaha

perhaps people in my house are not lazy and dont consider work a thing to be avoided, please dont take that as a personal shot but since we are doing laundry anyways with 7 kids why not do the linens

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

as the previous person made mention neither poor nor lazy so about every 2 days the blankets and stuff get a wash

and is there not a feeling better than getting into a fresh washed blanket mmmmmmmmm i love it

Every two days? Wow, your wife must do LOADS of laundry!

 

[imcrystal]

Hey chef you should take a chill pill. For one I am so farrrrrr from lazy its rediculous. I work full time, go to school part time and am a single mother and fish keeper. I dont even relax when I am at home bc of things like laundry and dishes. Even with a two year old my house is never dirty, ever. There may be toys laying around sometime but never dirty.
I actually like to clean, I like doing laundry, call me crazy but I dont mind it one bit, and definately dont avoid it. Nice come back though =)

 

[chefjamesscott]

Every two days? Wow, your wife must do LOADS of laundry!

my wife thats what we have a 12 and 10 year old for

just kidding laundry is sort of a anyone can do it thing in our house

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

^ Coolio ^

 

[Chaitika]

I use each side of the towel once.

I also wash my hands frequently (I work in a health facility with lots of people with compromised immune systems) and use a paper towel or tissue to open a public washroom door after I've washed my hands.

I don't get flu vaccines.

I don't freak out if I'm camping and don't have access to a shower for a few days.

I don't believe in hand sanitizers. The solutions actually strip your hands of beneficial bacteria that actually help fight off contamination.

I like my bacon crispy.

Enough info, Jer?

 

[chloe]

we have a body dryer. u stand under it and it dries u....kinda like a hand dryer but a bigger round stuck to the ceiling version lol