Attended ward 7 for knee replacement surgery.
Plastic bags were used at times during preparation for theatre to hold clothing. These bags are used and reused, and look like they came from a coal delivery truck. The smell of them is foul. They are never cleaned.
In these days of virus infection and airborne bugs, surely someone can see this is a very dangerous practice. As infected clothing comes into contact with others over and over.
Why not use plastic boxes such as used at athletics tracks, then they can be sanitised between patients?
That this has never been picked up shocks me. It is quite simply sloppy practice.
"Plastic bags could be infection risk"
About: University Hospital Hairmyres / Elective Orthopaedics (Ward 7) University Hospital Hairmyres Elective Orthopaedics (Ward 7) G75 8RG
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