White Coat

[jennyjoan]

As you all know the above is not being used in hospitals, dentists or any medical locations.

Do you think it makes appointments per se informal or do you see that the crisp white laundered immaculate coat is seen as keeping germs to a minimum. Just a thought.

[Buenchico]

I've never really been bothered by (or even thought much about) the colour of garments worn by medical staff.

However plenty of my friends keep warning me that I really should watch out for 'the men in white coats' ;-)

[Canary42]

I didn't know you were a cricketer Chris.

[jennyjoan]

LOL Chris - it is just as I have posted earlier re dentists - the head dentist wore 7 inch stilletoes and I thought of her tottering accidentally head first into my mouth. My mind does strange things.

[Hopkirk]

To me a white coat takes me back to chemistry lessons in the lab.

Great fun.

[Hopkirk]

For Chris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzHtm1jhL4

[Sqad]

The Consultant wears a suit and tie and the junior staff wear white coats........that is the way that it was and that is the way that it should be.

The wearing of white coats has little or nothing to do with wound infections.

[boxtops]

It's a similar question to whether nursing staff should wear uniform or in some instances, their own clothes. Uniforms help patients, IMO, to identify who's looking after them - although I know a lot of people don't distinguish between the uniforms for registered staff and those for HCAs - they all get clumped together as "nurses".

[woofgang]

I don't actually care at all. Can see why staff who are going to get blood, pus pee an so on on them need something that they can change quickly and can be laundered at a high temperature

[ladyalex]

I think it was all about status and very little to do with patient care.
I'm sure that now that white coats are going or have gone, other status indicators will emerge.

[Cloverjo]

I think I'd rather doctors wore white coats so I know what they do. My mum was in hospital recently and when the doc came in the ward I wasn't sure if he was a doctor or a penpusher until he spoke.