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Originally Posted by elchivito
Patient safety comes first.
It's similar to the requirement we have in school for vaccinations. No shots, no school. Not to protect your kid, to protect everyone else's. Interestingly, staff were offered free shots but weren't required to take them. I don't know anyone who refused. Being coughed on by two dozen snotty nosed kids 6 hours a day is a pretty good incentive.
When my son was a freshman in school he got yanked out of class the second week by the nurse and sent home because we'd neglected to send in his shot record. Boy was he pissed. Whoops....
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I disagree on this one because you cannot contrast Polio or Diphtheria and so on in the same light as the Flu.
And, the Patient can be adequatly protected by the Hospital Worker wearing a Mask.
Look up nosocomial infections and you will find there is a lot worse things you are more likely to get in a Hospital. And, they are mostly passed on by the Hospital Workes not washing their Hands as they are supposed to. And, it is often the Doctors themselves that forget to wash.
Most of My Respiratory Therapy Training was done at the local County Hospital; the use of Gloves and Masks was common and if you wanted you could wear a Mask and Gloves throughout the shift. Even if you would be wearing Gloves you were to Wash your Hands before going near the Patient or Equipment the Patient had contact with and you Washed again after you removed the Gloves.
We were sent for Training at a local private Hospital famous for Heart Bypasses and was shocked to find that they did not want us wearing Gloves or Masks except in special instances.
In the case of Gloves and Masks the Instructor told us that they did not want the Patients to think We were affraid to touch them without Gloves or be near them without a Mask on.
Yet, as I said nosocomial infections are most often spread by touching the Patient and there was a lot of post surgical Patients.