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  • More Muslim Women Medics in U.K. Refusing to Follow Hygiene Rules

    02/03/2008 7:26:33 PM PST · by NoKoolAidforMe · 89 replies · 651+ views
    Fox News ^ | 02-03-08 | Fox News
    Muslim women working at U.K. medical facilities are increasingly refusing to comply with the basic hygiene standard of rolling up their sleeves when their washing hands, it was reported. According to the U.K.'s Daily Telegraph, female workers are ignoring Britain's Department of Health rules requiring medics to be "bare below the elbow" because they consider showing any skin — outside the hands and face — immodest. The guidelines were put into place to stave off the spread of infectious killer bugs like MRSA and Clostridium difficile, which have been implicated in the deaths of hundreds of hospital patients, according to...