Re: sinks vs. sanitizers

From: Henry Gregor (henrygregor@yahoo.com)
Wed Jul 25 19:04:11 2007


f/u to and on more than one upfit, gladly spent more money on them (sinks)..meaning on later upfits at other locations. Didn't want to suggest it had to be repeated in any one location. BTW, get more than one plumbing assessment..in at last two instances a less expensive routing/upfit was thought out by one pro versus another. H

"Garry E. Siegel, M.D." <garrys@mindspring.com> wrote: Our satellite office is an old orthopedic suite that we took over, and several exam rooms don't have sinks, and it was simply foolhardy to retrofit them.

Not having a sink is awful--sometimes the speculum is bloody, etc., and you need a place to put it, or you get "stuff" on your hands (despite gloves) and want to wash. Those are for starters.

I hope never to be in an office without them.

Garry

At Wed, 25 Jul 2007, Richard Chudacoff wrote: >
>I'm building out a new office space. I'm trying to justify the need to cut
>the foundation to put sinks in every exam room. It would seem to me that
>just having the antibacterial sanitizers in every room would suffice and
>probably be more antiseptic than sinks with sloshing water. The architect
>questioned whether legally or community standard required sinks. He agrees
>that it would be a huge cost savings to just have the sinks in the bathrooms
>and lab/autoclave area.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>--
>Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG
>
>Las Vegas International Center for Advanced Gynecologic Care
>
>(Specializing in minimally and non-invasive surgery)
>

--
Garry E. Siegel, M.D.
Private Practice
Roswell, GA




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