It is not the issue of what one wears in the theatre but "rolling up their sleeves when washing their hands" that some (and I fully realise, and hope, it's a small minority) female medics take issue with. Doctors and nurses have to throughly wash their hands after every consultation in order to halt the spread of these very prevalent and dangerous bugs, so it's not just an issue regarding theatre work.
The article quotes 4 different teaching hospitals as having this issue raised by female medics so I don't think it is a propaganda issue either, its a reaction to the NEW hygiene regulations being brought in.
I don't go to mythical places with strange men.
-- Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.
It is not the issue of what one wears in the theatre but "rolling up their sleeves when washing their hands" that some (and I fully realise, and hope, it's a small minority) female medics take issue with. Doctors and nurses have to throughly wash their hands after every consultation in order to halt the spread of these very prevalent and dangerous bugs, so it's not just an issue regarding theatre work.
The article quotes 4 different teaching hospitals as having this issue raised by female medics so I don't think it is a propaganda issue either, its a reaction to the NEW hygiene regulations being brought in.
I don't go to mythical places with strange men.
-- Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.