(Snippets from the frontline)
COVID-19: “Hose me down..!”
Being a geriatric healthcare professional, when I come home, my wife forces me to “hose down.”
I come through the garage, close the door, shed my clothes, and immediately place ALL of them in the washer. Then I nakedly maneuver into the bathroom (sometimes getting an “Ooh La La”) and shower the day off washing my hair and every nook and cranny.
Genetically, I was born with a mop of hair and for many of my jealous friends, instead of my hair thinning or receding with age, I continue to have a mop that rivals Conan O’Brien.
We don’t know where this virus settles, but we do know there are many asymptomatic carriers. Coughing into our elbow was initially suggested, but isn’t it possible to be anywhere on our body or clothes?
I already know patients in hospitals and nursing homes rarely get showered. Ask your friends or loved one how often they have been “hosed down” in these settings.
Finding a treatment at this time re-purposing drugs will be a miracle…like winning the lotto. Let’s look at simple solutions that may at this point make a difference.
Hose down!..
You might even get an “Ooh La La!”
Gene Uzawa Dorio, M.D.
As having management and program(s) development and direction for Nursing Home facilities on a local, state and federal basis, which are mandated as part of their state and federal Statutes and responsibilities to provide intensive implementation of Infection Control Policies and Procedures*for all Direct Care Staff, including visitors and others, who may have contact with patients/residents.
In view of much of the news and information received, it is quite apparent this important requirement is not being implemented or strictly enforced. The outcome information and news verify s.
Why haven’t our leading Authorities such Secy. Azar, Surgeon General Adams, Dr. Debora Birx, Dr. Faucci and others commented on these referenced issues in view of their importance