That "Other Leg" marker thing

Post #312,342 by mhuber 8/9/09 4:45:28 PM Reply	That "Other Leg" marker thing is YOUR job, not the pro's. I'm wondering when it will be a profession to sit in a hospital and make sure they don't screw up. Probably about the time that "being screwed by your insurance company" insurance becomes available. I think there is a real market for both.
Post #312,344 by Ashton 8/9/09 7:01:14 PM Reply	Love that last! ... new CDO industry? The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. -- H.L. Mencken
Post #312,352 by drook 8/9/09 10:05:48 PM Reply	There's already a method, don't need a whole new profession I read a story (probably linked from here) about a doc who made what amounts to a pre-flight checklist for docs and nurses to maintain. Every hospital that adopted them showed a dramatic decrease in infections, complications, and recovery time. But doctors keep fighting them, with the same bullshit excuses they used in the 1800s when they were told to wash their hands. (By the way, poor hand washing by doctors is still one of the top causes of hospital-borne infections.) -- Drew
Post #312,356 by static 8/9/09 10:56:36 PM Reply	Basic habits. It would be far too scandalous, but imagine if a hospital started only hiring doctors who had that automatic hygience trained into them since childhood. Or if medical schools started turning away applicants without that habit. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.

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