white coats

Would that be mainly neurosurgery then? Or some general and orthopaedics?

what do you think?

i can't think off the top of my head, but there are a fair few...its hard to say, orthopaedics may be more common

they're nothing special though, and are so heavy and get in the way, it feels awful when wearing it

No idea, haven't started med school yet that's why I was asking you. I've heard of intra-operative scanning for some brain tumours. Not sure why I thought ortho

well;i know there are many procedures with radiation, obviously angiograms; pci's, oncology..some gastro procedures etc

to be frank i dont do surgical nursing into my 2nd year so all i know is the pre-op and peri-op care

Would that be mainly neurosurgery then? Or some general and orthopaedics?

In this case, it was for a cholecystectomy. It was so that the surgeon could determine the anatomy of the bile ducts by injecting a radio opaque dye into what he thought was the right tube. It's ocassionally used in this operation if the anatomy is 'weird'.

In the netherlands all doctors and nurses where white coats! :O scary

They aren't supposed to wear them because they spread infection ward-to-ward.

There's the whole white coat hypertension thing,

im glad we dont have to wear them i cant imagine wearing so many layers in the summer!

oooo you wait till you meet me when i'm an infection control nurses (one day...)

at the end of the day infection control comes before looking profesional

Can't they just wear a white coat with the sleeves cut off?

What operations would you need to wear one for in theatre?

he had a steth (around his neck..again bad infection control)

Do doctors still wear them, and are they still meant to wear them, what with bare below elbows atm?!

Lots of things require x-ray guidance - orthopaedic procedures, angiography/plasty, urological stents, GI procedures like ERCP, on-table cholangiograms etc. Wearing leads is one of the main reasons I really don't want to do surgery or cardiology.


This is a new one to me. If we're not allowed bags, not allowed white coats so have no pockets (try finding nice women's clothing which has pockets you could fit a stethoscope in), where the **** are we meant to put them?

My only problem with not having a white coat is the lack of pockets, and that there is never anywhere secure on the ward to leave a bag with e.g. keys, phone, lunch money in. That aside I think they're ugly and make you too hot, so I'm glad I've never had to wear them.

Infection control also comes before evidence based medicine...