Masks
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But it’s just common sense. I saw it on TV…
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I think Jolly was right in that an N95 can have some positive effect if used properly and in conjunction with other steps. Most everyone didn’t use properly and with all of the other steps. And kids? No chance.
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And...proving that I live life dangerously...My phlebe was having trouble sticking an 8-month old baby this weekend. Folks, when sticking a young'un of that size, I learned without gloves and the gloves come off. I have to feel.
Knew the child's grandmother...She's an MLT that used to work for me. So, no problem with taking my gloves off. Wash before and afterwards.
Anyway...Ran the swabs when I walked back in the lab. Flu A -, Flu B - COV -. RSV +.
Yep, that time of the year...
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And...proving that I live life dangerously...My phlebe was having trouble sticking an 8-month old baby this weekend. Folks, when sticking a young'un of that size, I learned without gloves and the gloves come off. I have to feel.
Knew the child's grandmother...She's an MLT that used to work for me. So, no problem with taking my gloves off. Wash before and afterwards.
Anyway...Ran the swabs when I walked back in the lab. Flu A -, Flu B - COV -. RSV +.
Yep, that time of the year...
And...proving that I live life dangerously..
I never wore gloves with starting an IV, drawing blood, or putting in an arterial line. When doing internal jugulars, I did.
Ditto intubating people.
I was trained in a different era, and we just didn't even consider it.
I put down NG tubes with my bare hands as well.
Of course, now things are different.
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They are, but I don't recall more transmission problems or accidental needlesticks back in the old days. The only time I remember gloving was with the HIV patients, back when we didn't know what the disease was.
BTW, I've had one needlestick in 43 years, and that was with a clean needle.
Second BTW...I'm also old enough to have used glass syringes... With resharpened and autoclaved needles.
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They are, but I don't recall more transmission problems or accidental needlesticks back in the old days. The only time I remember gloving was with the HIV patients, back when we didn't know what the disease was.
BTW, I've had one needlestick in 43 years, and that was with a clean needle.
Second BTW...I'm also old enough to have used glass syringes... With resharpened and autoclaved needles.
.I'm also old enough to have used glass syringes
Still used them for epidurals, up until the last day I did OB (2014?).
Glass bottles, too.
Of course, my cavalier attitude might have contributed to my contracting hepatitis C.
(which I cleared spontaneously and have no residual, for those of you who care)
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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.I'm also old enough to have used glass syringes
Still used them for epidurals, up until the last day I did OB (2014?).
Glass bottles, too.
Of course, my cavalier attitude might have contributed to my contracting hepatitis C.
(which I cleared spontaneously and have no residual, for those of you who care)
.I'm also old enough to have used glass syringes
Still used them for epidurals, up until the last day I did OB (2014?).
Glass bottles, too.
Of course, my cavalier attitude might have contributed to my contracting hepatitis C.
(which I cleared spontaneously and have no residual, for those of you who care)
If you work in direct patient care, no matter how careful you are, you will be exposed to multiple transmissible diseases. I used to tell kids, if that bothers you, be an accountant.
