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Originally Posted by Ramrod
lol, cheers.....I was wondering why he hadn't commented on the info in the two links I supplied above  |
Rammy, sorry to be pedantic, but your first link doesn't mention arms at all, and the link on the site to the WHO's recommendations -
Link - focus specifically on scrubbing of the arms pre-surgery (which should be a given). The only mention of sleeves (a few times) is
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The figure intentionally shows that long-sleeved white coats may become contaminated by microorganisms during patient care. Although
evidence to formulate it as a recommendation is limited, long sleeves should be avoided.
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I agree risk should be minimised and mitigated, but some of the recent comments on this thread were assuming that research fully backed up this contention.
I am in agreement with the Chair of MRSA UK, in that there should have been more consultation before the new recommendation was published.