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Mon Sep 24 18:55:53 BST 2007

Jane,

As a burn surgeon my opinion (there is no powerful evidence) is this:  The nurses should be wearing scrubs (versus...?) and we have our nurses wear disposable gowns, but cloth are fine if they replace between each patient.  Masks and gloves are recommended too.  Definitely need masks with eye protection as we don't want the nurses getting bugs in the eyes.

I don't know of any research, but an excellent resource very close to you is Jackie Heinle at U of Iowa's burn center.

Best wishes,

Roy Danks

> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:43:38 -0500> From: M.Jane.Harper at osfhealthcare.org> To: trauma-list at trauma.org> Subject: burn unit dress codes> > We have a small burn unit here, combined with our trauma ICU. We usually t/f patients with > 30% BSAB. What the nursing staff is wondering is whether dressing changes necessarily require the nurse to change into hospital scrubs AND put on full isolation gear. I'm not able to find any research on the question. Could someone help me with opinions and/or references please?> > Thanks in advance> > Jane Harper, MS, RN, APN> OSF St. Anthony Medical Center> Rockford, IL> > ==============================================================================> The information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. Access to this message by anyone other than the addressee is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient, or an agent of the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, or distribution of the message or any action or omission taken by you in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender immediately and permanently delete the original e-mail, attachment(s), and any copies.> ==============================================================================
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