Female Muslim medics 'disobey hygiene rules'

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by BrianR

wait, doesn't surgical garb cover your arms to the wrist and surgical gloves (2 pr IIRC) cover the hands totally?

It sounds like the old uniforms did, but it's been determined that the sleeves are worsening the spread of the diseases. Emphasis mine:

Universities and NHS trusts fear many more will refuse to co-operate with new Department of Health guidance, introduced this month, which stipulates that all doctors must be "bare below the elbow".

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

It sounds like the old uniforms did, but it's been determined that the sleeves are worsening the spread of the diseases. Emphasis mine:

So why don't they provide long surgical gloves? It seems that it would be even more hygienic to cover the bare skin with gloves.

[Perry Winkle]

Originally Posted by richlevy

So why don't they provide long surgical gloves? It seems that it would be even more hygienic to cover the bare skin with gloves.

Then they'd have to go sleeveless. From my interpretation, flawed as it may be, it's keeping the clothing from contaminating the glove that is considerably important.