I am trying to find yardage of reflective material to make linings for my curtains to keep out the hot afternoon sun. The material I am looking for is similiar to that of tinfoil or those reflecting sun shields used in car windows. Does anyone have an idea where I can find this type of material or the techological name for it as I am not having much sucess typing in reflective material in my search engine. Thanks
It's a crazy analogy, but it's all a build up to the next stimulus plan that Pelosi made mention of this morning. They'll begin telling us about all the positive things the stimulus is accomplishing, but remind us that we're not there yet and that the first one just wasn't quite enough to put out the fire in every room. Get ready, it's coming.
I checked it a few weeks ago. The fire at Ocean Isle Beach, NC where the seven college students were killed was horrible. I hope it will make people check out their smoke detectors.
The smallest break in sterile technique could be dangerous for the patient and the doctors and nurses. We keep operating rooms very cool because it lessens the chance of infection, lowers blood pressure and because the surgical team is covered, virtually from head to toe, per JCAHO standards. As a team member, we have hair coverings, eye and face shields, a sterile gown that nearly touches the floor, and shoe covers. Oh, yes, we also wear latex gloves. You hear of the dangers policemen and firefighters face, but no one seems to think my job is dangerous! We no longer can ask a patient if they have AIDS, HepC or any other disease that could endanger our lives. This is another reason for the importance of maintaining a sterile field. A friend that I used to do heart surgery with passed away last year from a needlestick in the OR; the patient had Hepatitis C. People don't realize that when we are loading suture for by-passes, the string is about a thick as an eyelash and the needle is just as tiny. As the surgeon was handing the suture back, she got stuck. She became very sick; was at the University of Florida Medical Center waiting for a liver transplant; but didn't make it. She is/was a wonderful person and nurse! We all miss her.
Because germs kill people.
Your skin is the barrier that prevents bacteria from entering your body. When we cut into the skin, we bypass that barrier. The OR room itself is not sterile, but the surgical field is kept as sterile as possible. In addition, antibiotics are usually administered pre-op, and many times, the wound is irrigated with saline that has antibiotics in it. Surgical wound infections do sometimes occur, and can be tough to treat, especially if the surgery involved implanting something (like a total joint).
