Re: btp and the midnight angst
11-13-2011, 11:08 AM
It has been several days and no, I have yet to get any laundry detergent.
Mainly this is because I have been doing things involving a friend's wedding, so I really just wore the rental tux and I had the past three days off from work so no real complaints there I guess.
The main reason detergent is so important is because I only have 2 pairs of scrubs, one of which is vastly superior to the other (more pockets, has a zipper, doesn't try to fall off me all day long), but I am able to get a surprising amount of filth and potential filth on these clothes so daily washings are critical to not feeling/being disgusting.
Though really the most nasty things are the bottoms of my shoes and those never really get washed.
DON'T LICK YOUR SHOES GUYS.
Also never never eat off of or lay down on a hospital floor. You would think that because it is a hospital, and people go there to get better, they do their best to make everything super clean. THIS IS NOT TRUE.
FOR EXAMPLE. Say some confused old guy with Hep C pulls out his IV and starts walking around bleeding everywhere. (okay I don't know if he actually had Hep C but HE COULD HAVE)
So he goes and gets blood on his bed and floor, and in the hallway and whatever else he touches/leans against.
Sure, we wipe up the blood, even try to disinfect it with those little wipes that you're not supposed to touch with your hands because benzene and cancer or something, and yeah I mean maybe that works but in the end that initial cleaning is all it gets. There is no "deep clean" that the hospital staff does periodically. So anything that is left behind or missed stays there for a while.
OR lets say some tired Nursing Assistant ready to get off his shift and making some final rounds doesn't notice that some patient has placed their half-filled urinal bottle on the ground under the bed. And this same nursing assistant maybe kicks that over on accident and URINE EVERYWHERE.
That stuff is cleaned up with a towel. Possibly multiple, depending on the quantity of fluid.
There is nothing else applied to it. That towel is it and it is not some sort of magical anti-microbial towel. It is a regular white towel that I assume is clean because I don't get to see what goes into that part of the process.
Now sometimes they do come in with a mop. But that is mainly if the floor has reached a point where you step on it and you can FEEL IT HOLDING ON TO YOU. You pull your foot away with that *schliiiiip* sound and hope that it was just some sprite someone spilled. (and not the urine I kicked over on accident)
Either way, those shoes come home with me.
Mainly this is because I have been doing things involving a friend's wedding, so I really just wore the rental tux and I had the past three days off from work so no real complaints there I guess.
The main reason detergent is so important is because I only have 2 pairs of scrubs, one of which is vastly superior to the other (more pockets, has a zipper, doesn't try to fall off me all day long), but I am able to get a surprising amount of filth and potential filth on these clothes so daily washings are critical to not feeling/being disgusting.
Though really the most nasty things are the bottoms of my shoes and those never really get washed.
DON'T LICK YOUR SHOES GUYS.
Also never never eat off of or lay down on a hospital floor. You would think that because it is a hospital, and people go there to get better, they do their best to make everything super clean. THIS IS NOT TRUE.
FOR EXAMPLE. Say some confused old guy with Hep C pulls out his IV and starts walking around bleeding everywhere. (okay I don't know if he actually had Hep C but HE COULD HAVE)
So he goes and gets blood on his bed and floor, and in the hallway and whatever else he touches/leans against.
Sure, we wipe up the blood, even try to disinfect it with those little wipes that you're not supposed to touch with your hands because benzene and cancer or something, and yeah I mean maybe that works but in the end that initial cleaning is all it gets. There is no "deep clean" that the hospital staff does periodically. So anything that is left behind or missed stays there for a while.
OR lets say some tired Nursing Assistant ready to get off his shift and making some final rounds doesn't notice that some patient has placed their half-filled urinal bottle on the ground under the bed. And this same nursing assistant maybe kicks that over on accident and URINE EVERYWHERE.
That stuff is cleaned up with a towel. Possibly multiple, depending on the quantity of fluid.
There is nothing else applied to it. That towel is it and it is not some sort of magical anti-microbial towel. It is a regular white towel that I assume is clean because I don't get to see what goes into that part of the process.
Now sometimes they do come in with a mop. But that is mainly if the floor has reached a point where you step on it and you can FEEL IT HOLDING ON TO YOU. You pull your foot away with that *schliiiiip* sound and hope that it was just some sprite someone spilled. (and not the urine I kicked over on accident)
Either way, those shoes come home with me.