Re: sinks vs. sanitizers
From: Meenan, Anna (annam@uic.edu)
Wed Jul 25 21:43:56 2007
Had sinks in all the exam rooms in my old office
(FP, not OB) but one month the water heater for
one side of the building went out and was out for
several weeks before state bureaucracy could get
around to getting it fixed. Even just the
absence of hot water was a MAJOR inconvenience.
Total absence of ANY water would have been a pain
in the behind.
Anna Meenan, MD, FAAFP
>You guys are not helping me save costs you know ;-)
>
>Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG
>Las Vegas International Center for Advanced Gynecologic Care
>(Specializing in minimally and non-invasive surgery)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Gerald
>P.Rodriguez
>Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 5:34 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: Re: sinks vs. sanitizers
>
>I agree, for the patients' sake there has to be a sink.
>
>Gerald P. Rodríguez, M.D., FACOG
>Santa Fe
>
>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Joanne Bulley, MD" <islesannie@gmail.com>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L" <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 5:32 PM
>Subject: Re: sinks vs. sanitizers
>
>> But sometimes the patient has to put in a tampon - or has some blood
>> externally that she wants to wash off - or if she uses a kleenex to wipe
>> it she then wants to wash her hands.
>>
>> Haven't you ever had a bloodier than average colposcopy? Or a patient
>> called in because she is saturating pads etc every 15-30 minutes so you
>> bring her into the office and is a mess after you examine her ... Even
>> with a paper towel or a chux pad - walking out through a hall to a
>> bathroom is not fun in that situation!
>>
>> I think it is just not a good idea to not have a sink in the exam room.
>> Yes it is costly ... but they should be in each room.
>>
>> At my prior workplace, when we made an addition and the ObGyn dept had a
>> totally new wing - there was either 1 bathroom per exam room - or a BR
>> between 2 (with a door into each exam room). So not just sinks but
>> bathrooms and that was really great. But expensive to build.
>>
>> Joanne
>>
>> At Wed, 25 Jul 2007, Richard Chudacoff wrote:
>>>
>>>There will be a bathroom available. Besides, they aren't doing the exam,
>>>are
>>>they ;-). Good question though
>>>
>>>--
>>>Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG
>>>Las Vegas International Center for Advanced Gynecologic Care
>>>(Specializing in minimally and non-invasive surgery)
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Andrew
>>>Folley
>>>Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 3:53 PM
>>>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>>>Subject: Re: sinks vs. sanitizers
>>>
>>>Will the patients want to wash their hands after the exam? agf
>>>
>>>>From: "Richard Chudacoff" <rchudacoff@mylinuxisp.com>
>>>>Reply-To: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net
>>>>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
>>>>Subject: sinks vs. sanitizers
>>>>Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:56:36 -0500
>>>>
>>>>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)
>>>>
>>>
>>>--
>> Joanne Bulley, MD, FACOG
>> Solo gyn
>> Keene, NH USA
>>
