i don't spend much time observing baths in hospitals, try not to anyway, but
i didn't notice the nurses using gloves to BATHE the baby at the most recent
nursery visit. if the unbathed baby is so dangerous, then wouldn't you use
gloves for everything all the time? and therefore use gloves with every
patient for every thing you do?

i ask parents if they want me to use gloves for an exam (at home, not in a
hospital setting) and no one ever wants me to. i have done so only when *I*
am sick and want to be cautious.

carol brussel IBCLC
laura nevada lactation
denver colorado

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