Tattoos in the OR

[MikaëlMDsoontobe]

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Just concerned about the tattoo policy in the OR. I know that you're not allowed to wear undershirts with your scrubs but will one get kicked out for having a chest tattoo and another tattoo with a length up to the sternocleidomastoid muscles on the neck? I'm aware that a turtle neck can cover the tattoos outside of the OR, but it's inside the OR that I don't know about.

 

[Pathdocmd]

Sounds like a strange policy. Is it the OR/ hospital policy or a specific surgeon?

 

[MikaëlMDsoontobe]

Sounds like a strange policy. Is it the OR/ hospital policy or a specific surgeon?

Well I know surgeons wear a gown so that covers up everything anyways. A premedical student in the OR for example would most likely get kicked out because of an undershirt/sleeve. Reason being, the use of a scrub is used to keep as few pathogens as possible when operating for the safety of the patient. An undershirt/sleeve isn't permitted in this case. It must be certain hospital policies. If one does have visible tattoos though, I don't know how others will react to this situation.

 

[Pathdocmd]

Well I know surgeons wear a gown so that covers up everything anyways. A premedical student in the OR for example would most likely get kicked out because of an undershirt/sleeve. Reason being, the use of a scrub is used to keep as few pathogens as possible when operating for the safety of the patient. An undershirt/sleeve isn't permitted in this case. It must be certain hospital policies. If one does have visible tattoos though, I don't know how others will react to this situation.

I was wondering about the tattoo(s), not the undershirt. There are lots of medical folks with visible tattoos.

 

[MikaëlMDsoontobe]

I was wondering about the tattoo(s), not the undershirt. There are lots of medical folks with visible tattoos.

Really?? That's odd. How are their careers not hindered? Mind blown...

 

[NontradCA]

Neck tattoo in the OR crew checking in.