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Dear Craig,
Our District Uniform and Standards of Dress Policy states: Staff are to comply with any Facility/Service requirements to be bare below the elbows. It also states:
Skivvies/long sleeved t-shirts are not to be worn underneath uniforms/scrubs.
Most facilities do not use the terminology Bare Below the Elbows but do have inclusions in their HH policy around not wearing jewellery when providing direct patient care. Although facilities may not refer to this in their policies it is seen as best practice and wards have readily adopted the short sleeves (or rolled up) and no lanyards. Many medical staff have opted not to wear ties particularly those more involved in direct patient care.
We are fortunate to have a Senior AMO who champions short sleeves, no ties, no lanyards and hand hygiene.
Enjoy the all beer and skittles. Regards, Toni.
Toni Schouten CICP
Clinical Quality Manager | Clinical Governance Unit
PO Box M30, Missenden Road LPO, Camperdown NSW 2050
Tel (02) 9515 9339 | Fax (02) 9515 9610 | Mob 0438 171 493 |
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From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion [mailto:AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU] On Behalf Of Craig Boutlis
Sent: Wednesday, 9 July 2014 7:28 PM
To: AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU
Subject: [ACIPC_Infexion_Connexion] Bare below the elbows etc. and the RACP exams – do you have a policy?
Hi,
Hundreds of nervous medical registrars are about to fan out all over Australia for their Royal Australasian College of Physicians exams from July 25 to August 3, as they do every year. In hot pursuit will be about 150 “National Exam Panel” (NEP) members, of whom I am one. If you are wondering, it definitely is “all beer and skittles”.
Some of you can relax…I ditched my tie years ago, my jacket is left hanging on a chair, sleeves are rolled up, my pedometer has a watch, and there is no lanyard to be seen. For many others though, it is all about the grandest suit and tie they can conjure. Of interest, it’s amazing to see how easily those ties flop on to patients when candidates lean forward, but I digress.
I take it as a given that you all practice the 5 moments and cleaning of reusable equipment between patients. Do any of you in public (or some larger private) hospitals have a dress code (eg, BBE) that we NEPs and exam candidates must respect? Further, is it guidance (“should”) or actual policy (“must”)? Feel free to send on to me.
Best wishes,
Craig
Craig Boutlis
Department Head, Infectious Diseases | IMACS
LMB 8808, SCMC, NSW, 2521
Tel. 02 4222 5898 | craig.boutlis@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au
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