Posted on 08/12/2013 3:38:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Muslim doctors and nurses are to be allowed to opt out of strict hygiene rules introduced by the NHS to restrict the spread of hospital superbugs.
Female staff who follow the Islamic faith will be allowed to cover their arms to preserve their modesty despite earlier guidance that all staff should be "bare below the elbow".
The Department of Health has also relaxed rules prohibiting jewellery so that Sikh members of staff can wear bangles linked with their faith, providing they are pushed up the arm while the medic treats a patient.
The Mail on Sunday reported the change had been made after female Muslims objected to being required to expose their arm below the elbow under guidance introduced by Alan Johnson when he was health secretary in 2007.
The rules were drawn up to reduce the number of patients who were falling ill, and even dying, from superbugs such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile. Revised guidance which relaxed the requirements for some religions was published last month.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
....and the NHS super long multiple beds (like Florence Nightingale designed).....great for swapping infectious diseases...
Boxes of sand will be placed in the restrooms for them to use on their hands after having wiping.
I went to a neurologist one time and his smock was filthy. I don’t know why I didn’t walk out.
Never mind the hard lessons learned literally by the blood of others. To keep from offending or inconveniencing a minority, we’ll place everyone at risk. Idiots. I hope and pray it is these people that came up with this idea that are sickened first. That’s karma.
Are you SURE he wasn’t your proctologist?
Muslims were also complaining about alcohol based hand sanitizer.
I don’t know what that means.
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