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Re: sinks vs. sanitizers From: Joanne Bulley, MD (islesannie@gmail.com) Wed Jul 25 18:31:58 2007 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Henry Gregor: "Re: sinks vs. sanitizers" Previous message: Douglas Krell: "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) >> >_________________________________________________________________ >http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=hmtextlinkjuly07 >_________________________________________________________________ > >-- >_________________________________________________________________ > >_________________________________________________________________ -- Joanne Bulley, MD, FACOG Solo gyn Keene, NH USA Next message: Henry Gregor: "Re: sinks vs. sanitizers" Previous message: Douglas Krell: "Re: sinks vs. sanitizers"

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