Wearing sleeves?

Re: Wearing sleeves?

emilyjane — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:17:50 GMT

During winter and colder days we are encouraged to, if we wish, wear a thin white or black sleeved top underneath our tunics. As a trainee (in stripes) I wear white, as black would look a bit out of place. :P I do also own a bottle cardigan, too.

Re: Wearing sleeves?

Julie-Anne Wilson — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:21:01 GMT

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Haven't thought about long sleeves and the relation to hygiene before. We are allowed to wear tops under out tunics at work, including long-sleeved, but the main issue with our practice principal is "appearance" - it is preferred that we don't wear jumpers/long sleeved tops unless they cannot be seen sticking out, however it gets so cold we all wear them - I have been looking for dark green/blue 3/4 length tops for staff - but can't find any! If anyone knows somewhere to get these from I'd greatly appreciate it. Have scoured the net looking.

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I get my long sleeved tops from Primark for about £2, pretty sure they do 3/4 as well. Cheap and do the job, come in all colours.

I also agree with long sleeves feeling like a protection against angry cats. I feel like I have my shields up when I pull them down, LOL.

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Steph Smith BSc(hons) RVN — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 08:29:54 GMT

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GCBatty — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:17:45 GMT

We are allowed to wear them, it is nice to cover your arms up when you have an angry cat too!! I may have got a few holes in my top but it has stopped a lot of nasty bites and scratches.

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Selena Carnell — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 06:45:22 GMT

No jumpers?

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vickicannings — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:15:13 GMT

We are allowed to wear long sleeved tops/ three quarter sleeves under our scrubs but have to remove them if assisting with surgery. We tend to wear a 3/4 sleeve top underneath as I find long sleeves get on my nerves but that extra top and a little more sleeve help with warmth.

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bongo — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:01:05 GMT

we have a bare below the elbow rule for infection control. no sleeves, watches or jewellery except wedding rings

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Julie-Anne Wilson — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 15:28:38 GMT

To be fair, I find sleeves hard to work with. Never wear them outside of work either, I live in t-shirts all year round. Most of the time my sleeves are pushed up to my elbows but I pull them down if I go into consults with a client.

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Steph Worsley — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 13:39:38 GMT

yep nothing below the elbows for infection control reasons

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Alia — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 10:02:03 GMT

Yep we don't wear sleeves below the elbow for infection control purposes. Bit challenging in winter but the bosses don't scrimp on heating!! :-)

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Meow1950 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 08:46:48 GMT

Yeah, I have a friend who works in regular nursing and she isn't allowed to wear sleeves because of hygiene.

I wouldn't like to be coping without some extra layers in this country!

Re: Wearing sleeves?

Julie-Anne Wilson — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 08:38:32 GMT

I wear long sleeves to cover my tattoos, never had a problem with it. Some places are pretty damn cold in the winter (my work being one) so even if I didn't need them for the tattoos I'd still wear them in the winter.

What issue would someone have with long sleeves? Purely hygiene?

Re: Wearing sleeves?

Mark Hedberg — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 06:47:08 GMT

I've never heard of it being an issue; it got pretty cold in the practice sometimes last winter!