" HAND WASHING IN PATIENT CARE" 1962 NURSE INSTRUCTIONAL FILM -- THAT'S VERY RELEVANT TODAY! 22214 

Would it have been more sanitary to keep turning the water on and on off?

@@richardnottelmann58 No, I was just pointing out that she was wasting water. I just thought it was funny how much was being used. Remember that she is supposed to be doing the whole process before and after every patient and that was before crazy water restriction devices like 1 gal per min flow restrictors. But she could have turned it off and then rewash hands like she did after doing her arms.

That copper really works... Too bad it's too expensive.

The whole process involves the best attempt at keeping hands from touching "unclean" surfaces during the hand Washing process, and by turning the faucets off only after finishing by using paper towels, not your just washed hands. However, I pointed out to my nursing instructors, during nursing school in the late 70's, that doing so with WET paper towels would create a problem called "strike through" which we had also learned about in classes on sterile technique. The premise is that wet fabrics conduct contamination through them during even very short periods of contact, and only dry ones should be considered uncontaminated. They all gathered together to discuss this, and decided I definitely had a legitimate point. From that point on, only dry paper towels were to be used. Also, all things being done properly, leaving the room should be done by using a dry paper towel to open the door by the handle, after which the paper towel should then be discarded into a nearby trash receptacle. The continuous water running problem was somewhat solved by redesigning sink faucets to be activated by foot pedals, so the water will not run constantly, but only by pressure from a foot. The same as scrub sinks outside surgical suites, which have used either knee or foot activated devices. I have used both in my 15+ years as a Surgical Technologist, and much prefer the foot activated type. It's difficult to place knee activated faucet devices at one single location that is generally accessible and comfortable for all heights, where the foot pedals are all in the same accessible point for all - on the floor.

Someone needs to. LOL.

I use a spray bottle with alcohol in it.

In the Philippines, for instance, “alcohol” is much more common than gel. It has additives to moisturize, and often a mild fragrance, but liquid 70% alcohol is the common hand sanitizer there.

How is this ironic? Irony means the EXACT opposite outcome of what you would expect. No, I would expect to see more videos like this now...even if they are old ones.

Those "really goofy looking hats" were very much treasured signs of very hard work done successfully. They were more a badge of honor, and nurses in uniform were generally accorded a great deal of respect and courtesy. Nurses for the vast part did not find them "goofy" with the exception of a very few that practically nobody could figure out where/why they came to exist! However, since many nurse's cap styles were designed based on the Religious habits of the nuns/nurses who ran the nursing schools they attended, there was also a great deal of respect accorded to them. And they were/are "caps" not hats! The difference being that nurses everywhere (in the States, anyway) were awarded theirs in a "Capping Ceremony," NOT a "Hatting Ceremony!" The reasons you don't see them being worn are manifold - firstly, nursing education that formerly took place in hospital-owned and run schools of Nursing which awarded 3 year Diplomas, were replaced by collegiate programs awarding Baccalaureate degrees (BSNs) and the true spirit of the 3 year program where all students were shepherded along together from day to day, month to month, and year to year, was lost in the college programs that were run for the education of the individual instead of the group. Caps and capping didn't seem to follow along in that whole program structure. Secondly, nurses became much more highly educated "partners" in healthcare, with much greater autonomy, especially after WWII, with the doctors, instead of the "doctors handmaidens" they had started out to be, and such traditional symbols didn't seem to fit in with such a highly scientifically educated career. Thirdly, more men, again after WWII, entered nursing, as many former medics sought nursing education and beyond following the War, and men of course never wore Caps. Fourth, and most importantly, since caps were handled a great deal, putting them on, reapplying them after being knocked off in tangles with bedside equipment and curtains, patients, (pediatric patients especially,) and just general activity throughout a busier and busier workday, while they rarely got washed, like uniforms did get washed, it was finally discovered in the 1970s that they had been identified as "breeding farms" for bacteria, particularly after the beginnings of the "Super bugs" and antibiotic resistant strains. Since uniforms were washed after each wearing, but caps no more than monthly, and frequently much less, they began to lose their charm as they could become vectors, or aforementioned breeding grounds for serious strains of bacteria. All these factors gathered together to spell the demise of the cap. There were nursing schools that still had Capping Ceremonies for their probationary students, to mark that transition from probationary to full fledged student nurses, but the caps were held as a keepsake, as were caps with the traditional graduate bands worn at graduation and pinning ceremonies, but again held as keepsakes. They disappeared all together for awhile, except worn only for some graduation photographs, but have made a minor comeback in terms of capping and/or graduation ceremonies. It seems the newer students find it desirable to recapture some of the older traditions, and have done so with caps. Other countries, particularly the more patriarchal Asian countries, have maintained traditional uniforms and caps for their nurses, just as they have maintained their more traditional "places" for women versus the higher male societal roles in their culture. Disposable caps have become somewhat more of a "thing" in some places in light of the bacterial growth factors. So, now you know more about what happened to the cap!

they wern't goofy, but a source of pride. However, they also collected germs, so are no longer worn in clinical settings.

@@bobbythecajun7869 --- We stopped using Phisohex in Labor and Delivery/ Newborn Nursery in the late 70s when it was discovered it is readily absorbed through the skin of newborns. Then it was pretty much phased out. It is great for acne. So is Sulphur soap.

While singing "The Birthday Song"?

Alton brown has a good one too

@@Goldi-Luc --- Thank you, I'll check it out! : )

It’s ok to post a link ;)

Never! I would never allow such a thing to happen in *MY OR!* The patient has already been anesthetized before the surgeon generally shows up to start scrubbing in!

Washing after glove use is still recommended, and in some instances required, as even those gloves can still have microscopic pores in them, larger than viruses. Always washed up after every surgery, especially for that reason.

@Apple Tree - Having spent a goodly portion of my working life in Surgery, up to my elbows in...whatever we were in at the time...some days even hand washing isn't enough. Only autoclaving would create a sense of "uncontaminating" oneself!

Usually, i try to pretend that i don't notice the deformities of others. But i'm not always entirely successful.

Eight fingers on a hand would usually be considered the usual normal. In the meantime, i'm trying not stare and be horrified. Yeesh. Only five fingers?

Topical?? Why would you choose that word?

@@Goldi-Luc Cause no one could stop me from doing it. (:

@@7177YT where are you from? In america we use topical to mean something applied to the surface of the body, like lotion. But when i looked it up it said it had other meanings that made your sentence make sense, but I have never heard it used that way. The way you used it meant like saying it was relevant?

@@Goldi-Luc It's a somewhat poor pun with both meanings in mind. Something presented related to pressing matters of the time and 'topical' as applying material to zhe skin in some form. Evidently my attempt at levity is more confusing than entertaining. Cheers! (:

Um, yes, it has! Please consult modern asepsis methods. Please!

Where does the water go?

No, it's still is the same.

Nope. It’s as relevant today as it was when it was produced. Besides the fashion, the only substantial changes are we use less water and the soap products and alcohol sanitizers have moisturizers incorporated into them.