Ice Machine
That's my hand holding that plastic spoon shoved up the ice machine at work. That's how we get ice from the machine. Otherwise, it just gets clogged in the shoot. When not in use, we store the spoon on the bottom grill.
One day I saw a visitor walk over to the ice machine with a cup, pick up the spoon and begin shoving it in the machine like a pro. She got her ice, put down the spoon and left without saying a word.
Written by Melissa on 12:25 AM
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How sanitary! I will remember to ask for no ice when I'm in the hospital:(
Water and ice come out of the same shoot. You're screwed. :)
So sad that the system had to get learned rather than fixed.
Hehe, R2K's comment is perfect!
Ok, and looking at styro cup gives me the heebiegeebies. On the long list of things that freak Mary out is styrofoam anything.
Hehe, R2K's comment is perfect!
And looking at that styro-cup gives me the heebiegeebies. On the long list of things that freak Mary out is styrofoam anything.
R2K does make a good point. We want a new machine, but they won't buy us one.
Mary, I hate Styrofoam too, but mainly because the cups are so lightweight that they tip over too easily. What do you hate about them?
What's not to hate about styrofoam? It pollutes the environment and it leaches carcinogenic plasticizers, especially when heated. I lived with an environmental chemist (no, you didn't meet this one) for a while, and it wasn't allowed in the house.
Maybe that's why so many of our nurses have cancer. That's all that we drink out of.
It's not just the water. Inhaled aerosolized meds carry a high risk to nurses. You are exposed whenever you spike the bag or prime the tubing, not to mention all the meds that spill, may not get cleaned up properly and combine with other meds. When I was mixing chemo all day I was fully masked, gowned, gloved and working under the hood and I had respiratory infections all the time. Chemo nurses have a statistically higher incidence of leukemia and lymphoma. You combine those risks with working a physically demanding job in a stressful environment and having to work even when you are sick and you are bound to increase your risk factors. You get fresh post ops there. You must have exposure to drugs used for general anesthesia, conscious sedation and antibiotics from direct contact as well as inhaled from body fluids/secretions you must dump and suction. And people wonder why there is a nursing shortage!
Yeah, the ones who don't quit, die.
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