WikiWirral values you and your opinion.
Forum Statistics
Forums65
Topics76,527
Posts1,034,299
Members14,991
Most Online121,890
Sep 24th, 2025
Who's Online Now
5 members (1 invisible), 31,023 guests, and 1,278 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters
sunnyside 45,164
MattLFC 22,315
Mark 21,269
granny 17,811
_Ste_ 16,347
Newest Members
Wenchyb, Ciara, Sazzz, kira56, joshua
14,991 Registered Users
New General Forums
New Wirral History
Telephone Exchange Closures
by diggingdeeper - 27th Mar 2026 1:02pm
Tranmere Water Tower
by homeraway - 17th Dec 2012 12:24pm
Wallasey bus accident 1950s
by nightwalker - 5th Nov 2010 1:37pm
Top Posters(30 Days)
JunxinH 10
Reno2 1
Topic Replies
Deva Mental Asylum, Chester
by kenmo52 - 8th Apr 2026 8:13am
Boxer Ollie Locke
by JunxinH - 6th Apr 2026 1:08am
Telephone Exchange Closures
by Excoriator - 4th Apr 2026 10:42pm
Tranmere Water Tower
by Gmurphy1892 - 19th Mar 2026 7:34pm
Wallasey bus accident 1950s
by bert1 - 19th Mar 2026 4:52pm
Reliable Recomended Builder Required
by Reno2 - 18th Mar 2026 8:38pm
April
M T W T F S S
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30
Top Likes Received (30 Days)
Top Likes Received
bert1 29
Mark 4
casper 4
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Page 1 of 3 1 2 3
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 17,811
Likes: 3
granny Offline OP
Wiki Master
OP Offline
Wiki Master
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 17,811
Likes: 3
Scientist: nurses aren't washing their uniforms correctly


A microbiologist has found that nurses are not washing their uniforms correctly because guidelines are "sometimes quite vague".

Doctor Katie Laird from DeMontford University conducted the study and stated that nurses "should be washing at 60 degrees celcius for ten minutes" in order to remove micro-organisms that could cause infection from textiles.

However, the study has shown that "forty-nine percent of nurses were washing at lower than 60" which could enable bacteria to survive on their clothes.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02n2y3c


Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.
~Chief Seattle
Google Ads
L
lollipop
Unregistered
lollipop
Unregistered
L
Nurses were always known to be clotty.

Did I say that out loud, lol....oh well

Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 4,044
Forum Guardian
Offline
Forum Guardian
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 4,044
Well--if the question ever comes up in a pub quiz!

Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 3,621
Forum Guardian
Offline
Forum Guardian
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 3,621
I think it would be better if nurses and doctors had to change into their ward clothes ONCE they got to work , and out of them to go home, then they should be laundered properly by the hospital .Fresh uniforms supplied every day.

How many ward staff for instance get dressed in the morning , maybe take the dog out, drop kids off at playschool or whatever ,rubbing uniforms against snotty playground railings, drop into local shop, wafting past unhygienic cardboard boxes, doorways etc , and then on to work. How can we be sure staff religiously put on a fresh uniform each day at home anyway?

Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 506
Smartchild
Offline
Smartchild
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 506
Originally Posted by venice
I think it would be better if nurses and doctors had to change into their ward clothes ONCE they got to work , and out of them to go home, then they should be laundered properly by the hospital .Fresh uniforms supplied every day.



I`m sure this used to happen when we had matrons.

Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 230
Addict
Offline
Addict
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 230
I thought this did happen! I remember my mum, who was a theatre sister for many years, never left or returned home in her uniform and she would report anyone she saw outside the hospital in theirs!
Originally Posted by Giggler
Originally Posted by venice
I think it would be better if nurses and doctors had to change into their ward clothes ONCE they got to work , and out of them to go home, then they should be laundered properly by the hospital .Fresh uniforms supplied every day.



I`m sure this used to happen when we had matrons.

Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 19,446
Wiki Master
Offline
Wiki Master
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 19,446
The source is the BBC aka Busy Backing Conservatives. Anything to diss the N.H.S.... smile

Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 17,811
Likes: 3
granny Offline OP
Wiki Master
OP Offline
Wiki Master
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 17,811
Likes: 3
Originally Posted by RUDEBOX
The source is the BBC aka Busy Backing Conservatives. Anything to diss the N.H.S.... smile


Don't be so daft Rude!

Hospitals stopped doing the laundry of uniforms years ago, and has consistently been brought to the news forums over the previous years.

Plus they can claim for washing their own uniforms.

By the time they have got the bus to work... well who knows what they've picked up.

Agree with all Venice's points .




Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.
~Chief Seattle
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 19,446
Wiki Master
Offline
Wiki Master
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 19,446
Originally Posted by granny
Originally Posted by RUDEBOX
The source is the BBC aka Busy Backing Conservatives. Anything to diss the N.H.S.... smile


Don't be so daft Rude!
Please do not patronise my view point Granny.

Originally Posted by granny
Plus they can claim for washing their own uniforms.
Yes, I am aware of this.

Originally Posted by granny
By the time they have got the bus to work... well who knows what they've picked up.
I agree. I have worked in private Nursing Homes and carers were not allowed to wear uniform to work.
[/quote]

Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 17,811
Likes: 3
granny Offline OP
Wiki Master
OP Offline
Wiki Master
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 17,811
Likes: 3
The rules are determined by each Hospital Trust.

So some may, but obviously many don't.

If you don't want to be patronised, don't say daft things smile


Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.
~Chief Seattle
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 19,446
Wiki Master
Offline
Wiki Master
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 19,446
Originally Posted by granny


If you don't want to be patronised, don't say daft things smile
Here you go again, Granny..

Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 820
Wise One
Offline
Wise One
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 820
granny is there any need to try to belittle people?

Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 17,811
Likes: 3
granny Offline OP
Wiki Master
OP Offline
Wiki Master
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 17,811
Likes: 3
smile


Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.
~Chief Seattle
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 17,811
Likes: 3
granny Offline OP
Wiki Master
OP Offline
Wiki Master
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 17,811
Likes: 3
Originally Posted by pokerchamp
granny is there any need to try to belittle people?


Stay out of it


Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.
~Chief Seattle
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 19,446
Wiki Master
Offline
Wiki Master
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 19,446
Originally Posted by granny
smile
grin

Page 1 of 3 1 2 3

Moderated by  Mod 

Link Copied to Clipboard
Random Wirral Images

Click to View Topic.
Newest Topics
Telephone Exchange Closures
by diggingdeeper - 27th Mar 2026 1:02pm
Reliable Recomended Builder Required
by Reno2 - 18th Mar 2026 8:38pm
Boxer Ollie Locke
by Sully - 12th Sep 2024 1:11pm
Tranmere Water Tower
by homeraway - 17th Dec 2012 12:24pm
Wallasey bus accident 1950s
by nightwalker - 5th Nov 2010 1:37pm
For Sale & Free
Member Spotlight
KevinFinity
KevinFinity
Wirral
Posts: 2,369
Joined: April 2009
Today's Birthdays
There are no members with birthdays on this day.
New Wirral Info
Reliable Recomended Builder Required
by Reno2 - 18th Mar 2026 8:38pm
News : New Topics
New Enthusiast Forums
Boxer Ollie Locke
by Sully - 12th Sep 2024 1:11pm
Deva Mental Asylum, Chester
by robbo_theman - 11th Oct 2008 11:06pm
Popular Topics(Views)
10,816,395 CW Chat room thread
5,955,446 WIKI WALK CHAT
4,674,966 Spotted!
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5