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Do all the fields in pathology involve Path-wear (gowns, gloves, goggles, masks, etc.)
Do all the fields in pathology involve Path-wear (gowns, gloves, goggles, masks, etc.)
What percentage of your day do you have protective gear on? I don't think I'm getting a representative exposure at my rotation. And do all the subspecialties in path involve protective gear?
What do you think we are, some sort of freaks?Do all the fields in pathology involve Path-wear (gowns, gloves, goggles, masks, etc.)
When you mean more than half of the rotations involve regular clothes, you mean no scrubs OR head/facegear, correct? And what's ME's office?
djmd you guys wear scrubs on micro?
When you mean more than half of the rotations involve regular clothes, you mean no scrubs OR head/facegear, correct? And what's ME's office?
We fulfill those regulations by wearing a "dirty" lab coat when entering "dirty" areas. Plus people in general are much less likely to wear those hospital work coats home than scrubs - which is probably wise given the multi-drug resistant bugs out there.Some people do, mostly just because they can. There are a lot of stains and dyes in micro.
(plus technically there are OSHA and other federal rules that some protective gear should be used, not micro in particular.)
Regular clothes = street clothes = professional work clothes = shirt +/- tie for the men.When you mean more than half of the rotations involve regular clothes, you mean no scrubs OR head/facegear, correct?
I used to gross practically everything (including bigs and placentas) in regular clothes under an apron and some gloves. You don't really need to gross in scrubs. Autopsies are another story. I'd rather have full PPE there.
ME = Medical Examiner
Regular Clothes = Regular Clothes, ie no scrubs, OR head/facegear (unless that's what you regularly walk around in )
WIMP...full PPE in autopsy????shees...the docs I worked with wore full street clothes while doing cranium openings.....while saying..OH i had hepatitis B a LONG time ago! I would go...Umm what about HIV, Hep C and CJD??? While wearing my face mask and scrubs and glasses
Jeezus tap dancing christ, bowties are so yesterday!Most important clothing accessory for male pathologists: Bowtie! Never leave home without it, guys!
Yeah, screw the little scalpels...I use the samurai blades for everything whether it's dicing up a large resection specimen or grossing in a prophylactic oophorectomy.Other than that, lab coat will be considered dressing up. In olden days, when I wielded the knife like a Samurai master in the autopsy suite: Full surgery-outfit, with paraphenalia, including splash guard (most of the time). Also, I always wore double surgical gloves.
Jeezus tap dancing christ, bowties are so yesterday!
Yeah, screw the little scalpels...I use the samurai blades for everything whether it's dicing up a large resection specimen or grossing in a prophylactic oophorectomy.
Sorry...refractory period.Come now! Bowties are so weird, they're quaint!
You're weird.Scalpels? Nope. Haven't done autopsies for years now, but back in the days, you'd never see a scalpel in my hand. Made it a point of pride to do everything with my organ-splitting machete like semi-sword. Obvious trick was to avoid any bloodstains at all on scrubs. Takes a bit of practice, but removes some of the pathologist stereotypes. Also, I found that when presenting autopsy finds to clinicians, a pair of oversized tweezers were perfect. Actually bought a bunch of them at a kitchen supply store. Just had to separate the "at work" supply and the "at home" supply...
WIMP...full PPE in autopsy????shees...the docs I worked with wore full street clothes while doing cranium openings.....while saying..OH i had hepatitis B a LONG time ago! I would go...Umm what about HIV, Hep C and CJD??? While wearing my face mask and scrubs and glasses
I've been told that back in the day, our PD would often barehand autopsy specimens when reviewing a case with the resident, although I haven't personally witnessed this behavior. If you look in an autopsy textbook with pictures of old autopsies, you definitely see people wearing normal clothes and dissecting in bare hands.
Yep. Just the other day I was signing out, and I forgot my goggles AND my mask.. it was crazy.
Uh no. Pathology uses appropriate protective gear when needed.
agreed, on an insane monday signout here, residents frequently employ goggles to protect their precision vision from all the flying glass
I've seen more bowties on internists than I have on pathologists.Most important clothing accessory for male pathologists: Bowtie! Never leave home without it, guys!
Seems there's one at every academic institution!We have a guy who does that. Will start asking questions about a specimen, start pointing, and keep moving his finger until he's actually got his finger in the lung or whatever it is. Does the same thing with fixed surg path specimens.
Seems there's one at every academic institution!
I've seen more bowties on internists than I have on pathologists.
I wonder why men's work clothes are so often more a topic of discussion than women's.
Ties are kind of silly when you think about it. Like a big necklace or something. I believe we have the french to blame for it.
Actually, I think it's the Croatians...
Like the above, I rarely wear scrubs except when I am on the main surg path rotation (which involves frozen sections) because theoretically we have to be ready to go into the OR to show stuff or view things. Sometimes I wear scrubs when I am on call, for the same reasons. Usually on my other rotations which include heavy grossing I am in regular clothes (tie, shirt, etc) with a covering coat or plastic apron. I have never had an accident which harmed any of my clothes.
Some people just like to wear scrubs, for whatever reason. There are a couple of residents here who never wear anything except scrubs, even on CP, even when they get criticized for it.