From: Becky Behre Kathleen, I didn't mean to say that I don't advocate the use of universal precations, but I feel that many people rely on them too much and can get careless, i.e. sleeves inadvertantly dragging through blood, blood on glove and touching phones, door knobs, sink handles etc. One of our old docs still uses sterile drapes (as if that area could be sterile). The drapes often touch blood, feces, etc when mom squirms and shakes ( we do a lot of natural childbirth at our facility) but he relys on them as a steril field not to mention the drape pack costs the patient $80 (thats another soapbox altogether). If a person were to get blood on their hands they would wash them vigorously immediately, but if on a glove they still wear the same gloves until they are done with that patient even though they may or may not know that their gloves are contaminated and they have touched several things in the room with them. I hope you understand my veiw. Thanks Becky B.